Feel It
The stall titled 'Feel It' was based on offering sensory experiences to the children with cerebral palsy who may experience sensory issues such as hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity. The stall consisted of a huge backdrop with various tactile and visual stimuli, a ball pit for tactile, kinesthetic and proprioceptive stimulation, a specially constructed track at the entrance with different sensory stimuli, and various small tasks for visual stimulation.
"COMMUNICATION +" PROJECT 2015
AUGUST
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Perspectives : Global and Local Issues in Speech and Language Therapy & Audiology |
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Inclusive Children’s Carnival |
Community Projects by Batch 4 Year 4 Audiology Students
The final year Audiology students organized a series of projects in the month of July, 2015, with the primary objective of providing audiology services to the community. The projects consisted of the following;
| Project 1 | : Hearing screening with otoscopy, tympanometry and otoacoustic emissions |
| Target group | : Grade 1-5 students at Siddartha J.S. Vidyalaya, Batagama |
| Date | : 3rd of July, 2015 |
| Aim | : To screen for audiologic and otologic problems and to increase the awareness of guardians regarding ear and hearing related problems of their school aged children. |
| Project2 | : Screening for external and middle ear pathologies with otoscopy and tympanometry |
| Targetgroup | : 60 children at the Centre of Education of Hearing Impaired Children (CEHIC), Dalugama |
| Dates | : 8th, 9th and 10th of July, 2015 |
| Aim | : to identify children with normal function of the middle ear and children with middle ear problems/ malfunction as well as to counsel parents on the need of assessing the middle ear status of their children. |
| Project 3 | : Educational workshop on hearing impairment, hearing testing, importance of follow ups, usage, care and maintenance of amplification devices, cochlear implant surgery, and communication methods used with hearing impaired children |
| Targetgroup | : Parents of students at St. Joseph's Deaf School, Ragama |
| Date | : 17th of July, 2015 |
| Aim | : To help parents of hearing impaired children expand their knowledge on the above areas. |
Inclusive Children's Carnival
Project : This year, the final year students undertook a community project including access to children with and without disabilities.
Aim : The aim of the community project was to organise an inclusive 'Children's carnival' for children.
Theoretical underpinnings :In the recent past, our work has moved from an impairment-focus to looking at activity restriction and participation aided by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF, WHO, 2011). There has also been a move towards mainstreaming disability by supporting the 'inclusion' of children and adults with disabilities into all aspects of community life. This has been a focus of our 'Communication + Project' this year. When thinking about our work on communication, particularly with children with cerebral palsy, we have thought about Total Communication approaches and on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices. In this community project, the students were invited to consider these theoretical positions and approaches to support equal participation for all.
Date : Tuesday, 11th August 2015.
Venue : Garden of the Pegasus Reef Hotel, Ja-ela.
Guests of Honour : Prof. Lilly Cheng (School of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and Director of the Chinese Studies Institute at San Diego State University, USA) and Prof. Sumalai Maroonrage ( College of Education at the Texas A&M International University, USA).
"COMMUNICATION +" PROJECT 2015
MAY
A Continuous Professional Development workshop on Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) and Auditory Steady State Response (ASSR) Assessment was offered on the 6th of May 2015 from 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. to trainee Audiology students, staff and External Faculty. The resource person was Dr. Mary Ormson (ASHA-CCC), Global Education Manager of Hearing and Balance & Mobility for Natus Medical Incorporated. The workshop was sponsored by Meditechnology (Pvt) Ltd, and it covered Navigator Pro AEP software, Click, Tone Burst and Bone Conduction ABR, ASSR with MASTER II, Troubleshooting, and On-line Resources for Bio-logic Hearing Diagnostics and Screening.
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