Clerc Center Logo Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Gallaudet University

Sharing Ideas

The Sharing Ideas Series

Contents

About the Editors

Preface

Welcome

Conference Overview

Presentations

Program Sharing

A Summary of the Discussion Groups

Conference Highlights: Emerging Issues

Closing Comments

Appendix: Resources

Agencies/Organizations

Assessment Tools

Cochlear Implant Manufacturers

Computer Software for Developing Spoken Language Skills

Web Resources

Additional Training Resources

 

 

Cochlear Implants and Sign Language: Putting It All Together

(Identifying Effective Practices for Educational Settings)

April 11-12, 2002 Conference Proceedings

The full paper (in PDF, 85 pages, 1.16MB)

 

Appendix: Resources

This list reflects helpful resources that emerged throughout the two-day conference, “Cochlear Implants and Sign Language: Putting It All Together.” It is not a comprehensive list of all effective resources for working with implanted students. For handouts provided during the conference, see the full conference proceedings at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/CIEC/.

Agencies/Organizations

The following organizations have handouts on cochlear implants that can be downloaded from their Web sites.

Alexander Graham Bell Association
3417 Volta Place, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 337-5220 (V)
(202) 337-5221 (TTY)
E-mail: agbell2@aol.com
Web: http://www.agbell.org/

American Society for Deaf Children
P.O. Box 3355
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: (717) 334-7922 (V/TTY)
Fax: (717) 334-8808
E-mail: asdc@deafchildren.org
Web: http://deafchildren.org/

American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA)
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: (800) 638-8255 (V/TTY,
available 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET)
E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org
Web: http://www.asha.org/

Cochlear Implant Association, Inc. (CIAI)
5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Suite 440
Washington, DC 20015-2003
Phone: (202) 895-2781
Fax: (202) 895-2782
E-mail: lasinger@mindspring.com
Web: http://www.cici.org/

Cochlear Implant Education Center
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695
Phone: (202) 651-5638 (V/TTY)
E-mail: debra.nussbaum@gallaudet.edu
Web: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/CIEC/index.html

John Tracy Clinic
806 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007-2505
Phone: (213) 748-5481
Web: http://www.johntracyclinic.org/

National Association of the Deaf
814 Thayer Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 587-1788
E-mail: nadinfo@nad.org
Web: http://www.nad.org/

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
1 Communication Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: (800) 241-1044 (V)
(800) 241-1055 (TTY)
E-mail: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
Web: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov

Network of Educators of Children with Cochlear Implants (NECCI)
Dr. Mary Ellen Nevins
Cochlear Implant Center
Lenox Hill Hospital
186 East 76th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 434-6650 (V)
Web: http://www.childrenshearing.org/programs/necci.html


Assessment Tools

Auditory Assessments/Curricula

Bringing Sound to Life: Principles and Practices of Cochlear Implant
Rehabilitation [including the WASP (Word Association for Syllable Perception)]
York Press
P.O. Box 504
Timonium, MD 21094
Phone: (800) 962-2763
Web: http://www.yorkpress.com/

Cottage Acquisition Scales for Listening, Language & Speech (CASLLS)
Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children
103 Tuleta Drive
San Antonio, TX 78212-3196
Phone: (210) 824-0579
E-mail: info@sunshinecottage.org

DASL II – Developmental Approach to Successful Listening II
By Gayle Goldberg Stout and Jill Van Ert Windle, Houston School for Deaf
Children, Houston, TX, and available through the Cochlear Corporation
(see below)

Early Speech Perception Test (ESP)
Central Institute for the Deaf Publications
4560 Clayton Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 977-0000 (V)
(314) 977-0001 (TTY)
Web: http://www.cid.wustl.edu/

Oral and Written Language Scale (OWLS)
[includes Listening Comprehension Scale (LCS), Oral Expression Scale (OES), Written Expression Scale (WES)]
Super Duper Publications
Dept. SD 2002
P.O. Box 24997
Greenville, SC 29616-2497
E-mail: custserv@superduperinc.com
Web: http://www.superduperinc.com

SPICE (Speech Perception Instructional Curriculum Evaluation)
Central Institute for the Deaf
4560 Clayton Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 977-0000 (V)
(314) 977-0001 (TTY)
Web: http://www.cid.wustl.edu/

Test of Auditory Perception Skills (TAPS-R)
Academic Communication Associates
Phone: (888) 758-9593
Web: http://www.acadcom.com

Language Assessment Tools

American Sign Language Developmental Sequences and the Kendall Communicative Proficiency Scale
The Toolkit from Starting With Assessment: A Developmental Approach to Deaf Children’s Literacy (1999) by Martha French
Distributed by the Office of Publications and Information Dissemination
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695
E-mail: products.clerccenter@gallaudet.edu
Web: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/products/B598.html

Central Institute for the Deaf
4560 Clayton Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 977-0000 (V)
(314) 977-0001 (TTY)
Web: http://www.cid.wustl.edu/

Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamental (CELF-Preschool, CELF-3)
Psychological Corporation
19500 Bulverde Road
San Antonio, TX 78259
Phone: (800) 872-1726

Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language (GAEL-P, GAEL-S, GAEL-C)
Super Duper Publications
Dept. SD 2002
P.O. Box 24997
Greenville, SC 29616-2497
E-mail: custserv@superduperinc.com
Web: http://www.superduperinc.com

MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Gestures (1993)
Singular Publishing Group, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Phone: (800) 521-8545

Reynell Developmental Language Scales
Super Duper Publications
(see above)

SKI*HI Language Development Scale (1979)
SKI*HI Institute
Logan, UT
Phone: (435) 752-9533

Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test- Preschool (SPELT-P)
Super Duper Publications
Test of Auditory Comprehension Language (TACL)
Test of Language Development-Primary: 3 (TOLD-P3)
Test of Language Development-Intermediate (TOLD-I:3)
, Super Duper Publications


Phonemic Awareness: Assessment and Training

Phono-Graphix
Read America
Phone: (352) 735-9292
Web: http://www.readamerica.net/

See-the-Sound Visual Phonics
International Communication Learning Institute
See the Sound Visual Phonics
10712 308th Avenue
Princeton, MN 55371
Phone: (763) 389-4875
E-mail: riggsll@msn.com

Test of Phonological Awareness (TOPA)
Super Duper Publications
Dept. SD 2002
P.O. Box 24997
Greenville, SC 29616-2497
E-mail: custserv@superduperinc.com
Web: http://www.superduperinc.com


Speech Production

Arizona-3
Western Psychological Services
1203 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: (800) 222-2670

CID Phonetic Inventory
Central Institute for the Deaf
4560 Clayton Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 977-0000 (V)
(314) 977-0001 (TTY)
Web: http://www.cid.wustl.edu/

Daniel Ling Phonetic Level Speech Evaluation
Available through the Alexander Graham Bell Association (see above)

Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation (GFTA2)
Super Duper Publications
Dept. SD 2002
P.O. Box 24997
Greenville, SC 29616-2497
E-mail: custserv@superduperinc.com
Web: http://www.superduperinc.com

Photo Articulation Test (PAT-3)
Super Duper Publications
(see above)

PLS-4: Articulation Screener
Psychological Corporation
19500 Bulverde Road
San Antonio, TX 78259
Phone: (800) 872-1726

Vocabulary Evaluations

Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT)
Super Duper Publications
Dept. SD 2002
P.O. Box 24997
Greenville, SC 29616-2497
E-mail: custserv@superduperinc.com
Web: http://www.superduperinc.com

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-R)
American Guidance Service
4201 Woodland Road
Circle Pines, MN 55014
Phone: (800) 328-2560
Web: http://www.agsnet.com/

Receptive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test (ROWPVT) (2000)
Super Duper Publications
(see above)


Cochlear Implant Manufacturers

The following manufacturers provide extensive complementary general information on cochlear implants as well as information specific to their products. Ask about resources in various languages.

Advanced Bionics/Clarion System
12740 San Fernando Road
Sylmar, CA 91342
Phone: (800) 678-2575 (V)
(800) 678-3575 (TTY)
E-mail: info@advancedbionics.com
Web: http://www.cochlearimplant.com/

Cochlear Corporation/Nucleus System
61 Inverness Drive East
Suite 200
Englewood, CO 80112
Phone: (800) 523-5798 (V/TTY)
Fax: (303) 792-9025
E-mail: info@cochlear.com
Web: http://www.cochlear.com/

Med-El Corporation/Combi System
P.O. Box 14183
Research Triangle Park
Durham, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 572-2222 (V/TTY)
Fax: (617) 484-9229
E-mail: admin@medel.com
Web: http://www.medel.com/


Computer Software for Developing Spoken Language Skills

Earobics (Step 1, Step 2, Adolescent/Adult version)
Technology for Education, Inc
1870 50th Street East
Suite 7
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077
Phone: (651) 457-1917
Web: http://www.tfeinc.com/

Exploring First Words (I and II)
Laureate Learning Systems
Special Needs Software
110 East Spring Street
Winooski, VT 05404-1898
Phone: (800) 562-6801
Web: http://www.laureatelearning.com/

The Great Action Adventure
Super Duper Publications
Dept. SD 2002
P.O. Box 24997
Greenville, SC 29616-2497
E-mail: custserv@superduperinc.com
Web: http://www.superduperinc.com/

IBM SpeechViewer III
Edmark
P.O. Box 97021
Redmond, WA 98073-9721
Phone: (800) 362-2890
Web: http://www.riverdeep.net/

Intelli-TalkII
Intellitools, Inc.
1720 Corporate Circle
Petaluma, CA 94954
Phone: (800) 899-6687
Web: http://www.intellitools.com/

Listen-Hear
Avaaz Innovations Inc.
P.O. Box 8040
1225 Wonderland Road North
London, Ontario N6G 2B0
Canada
Phone: (519) 472-7944
Web: http://www.avaaz.com/

Locu-Tour Literacy CD-Rom: Phonemic Awareness (pre-K to adult)
Super Duper Publications
(see above)

Nouns and Sounds
Laureate Learning Systems
(see above)

Open Book for Literacy
Phone: (770) 226-5300
Web: http://www.openbooklearning.com/

Psychological Corporation
Phone: (800) 872-1726
Web: http://www.psychcorp.com/catalogs/index.html

Talk Time with Tucker
Laureate Learning Systems
(see above)

Visual Voice Tools
Edmark
(see above)

Words Around Me
Laureate Learning Systems
(see above)

Web Resources

The following Web sites were found to be useful by conference participants:
The Listen-Up Web: http://www.listen-up.org/
“Sound and the Fury”: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundand fury/index.html

Web sites that simulate listening through a cochlear implant:
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/hesp/zeng/simulations.html
http://www.utdallas.edu/~loizou/cimplants/


Additional Training Resources

Listening Games for Littles
By Dave Sindrey, Cert. AVT
WordPlay Publications
P.O. Box 8048
London, Ontario N6G 4X1
Canada
Web: http://www.execulink.com/~wordplay/Listen.HTM
Also available through the Alexander Graham Bell Association (see above).

Troll in a Bowl
By Dave Sindrey, Cert. AVT
WordPlay Publications
P.O. Box 8048
London, Ontario N6G 4X1
Canada
Also available through the Alexander Graham Bell Association (see above).

[Top]

[Previous Section]

Copyright © 2003 Gallaudet University Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
800 Florida Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002
Key Clerc Center Contact Information
Contact Information Systems and Computer Support if you have any difficulty viewing this page.