Talking for Deaf and Dummies Book?

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Before anyone gets offended that's just a joke based on those "Books for Dummies" series. :D

Anyway, I am thinking about writing a sort of how-to manual on teaching a deaf person to talk. I did some research and the only sources I could find are below:

Teaching Deaf Children To Speak
Oral Deaf Education (keywords: auditory, child, children, cochlear implant, school, talk, speak, speech, listen, hearing aids)
PrimeTime: Teaching Deaf Kids to Speak - ABC News

The problem with the above is that they assume that the child will use cochlear implants or that they work with an audiologist. This does not leave many options for parents who do not have the option of going to an audiologist for various reasons such as location, economics, etc... Plus it doesn't leave any options for children who can't use a cochlear implant such as in the case of me. (My hearing is too damaged for a cochlear implant to be worthwhile)

Of course I am not proposing a total self-guide study but rather a guide for parents of a deaf child so that it can give some guidance on teaching a child. I have gone through the hassle of being born HoH and it's been a rough climb dealing with speech therapists even during high school. I would hope that with this manual it would enable the parent to avoid all the pitfalls and hassles and speed up the child's speech development.

Thoughts?
 
If you want to write a "Talk to Deaf/deaf for dummies" book, go for it. There are books like that for about every subject. Would not hurt to have one for deaf/Deaf issues.
 
Total Communication is a method approach to deaf education in schools, and one that taught deaf people via signed, gesture, auditory, oral, lipreading, written, and visual aids.

It's a good program for those who aren't sure to raise their children in oral-only or sign-only environment
 
I've been working on this for a while.

Try this:
Speech therapy at home

It allows you to visualize speech.

And this:
archive.org/details/ComprehensiveArticulatoryPhonetics

To learn the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Also, in case you don't already know, Gallaudet already has courses on this.
 
VacationGuy234 said:
Try this:
Speech therapy at home

It allows you to visualize speech.

Also, in case you don't already know, Gallaudet already has courses on this.
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That software is pretty cool! The biggest problem I had with learning how to talk was how exactly to place the tongue, teeth, and breathe and with that software that makes it easy to illustrate.

As for Galludet I see that's a college, what I was thinking was a sort of a parent's guide to teaching their child how to talk without having to pay for a college course or anything like that; I'm even thinking of offering it as a free download.
 
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A Nihilist said:
That software is pretty cool! The biggest problem I had with learning how to talk was how exactly to place the tongue, teeth, and breathe and with that software that makes it easy to illustrate.

As for Galludet I see that's a college, what I was thinking was a sort of a parent's guide to teaching their child how to talk without having to pay for a college course or anything like that; I'm even thinking of offering it as a free download.
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I don't want to discourage, but, check the net, there is a whole ream of things for children. The challenge is finding things for adults who couldn't comprehend it as children.

Try this:

Syllables factory game

It's a great game.

And this:
Phonics Rules
 
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Doesn't Tracy already have this available?
 
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John Tracy Clinic (like AGBell)
 
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Right - which is what the OP is talking about.
 
Anij said:
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Right - which is what the OP is talking about.
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Sorry. Lol when you mentioned tracy. It dawns on me about pat and mike. I love spencer tracy and katherine hepburn. :D
 
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