Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
Listen, I
heard that sound. It’s a clucking sound.
Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
Uh-oh
listen, that sound is getting louder and closer towards us.
Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
Look,
it’s a chicken who makes the clucking sound. That chicken
ran so fast until I could barely see its little legs. I wonder why the chicken is
running. Is the chicken doing a fun run event or
someone is trying to catch that chicken. I think someone is trying
to catch that chicken and that chicken is scared.
That is why the chicken is running.
……..YEEeeEEeeEEeeEEeeEEeettttt!.........
Wait! What is happening here? Chicken?? Running??
This chicken might get
inspiration from Chicken Run the Movie in the year of 2000. But why is this
chicken related to hearing?
It is just a tactic to attract
you to read more and in a fun way. Let’s practice things like this with our
kids. For a child who is wearing a hearing aid, spending time by making a lot
of sounds motivates them to wear hearing aids more often. It can be animal
sounds, like baa, baa, baa for a sheep, moo, moo for a cow and many more. Here,
I will share with you several sounds that you could play around with your
child.
·
“aaaa” - aeroplane sound or riding a
rollercoaster
·
“moo” - a cow
·
“broooom” - a moving car
·
“chip chip” - a bird
·
“meow” - a cat
·
“bummm” - something crashing
·
“ting” - when the oven is ready
Be a child and activate your
imagination. You can make any kind of sound to represent anything. Make it in a
fun way, I believe children would love it and so will you.
Did you know some writers use
ONOMATOPOEIA to give sound effect in their writing?
ONOMATOPOEIA
The act of
creating or using words that include sounds that are similar to the noises the
words refer to. “pop” “boom” “squelch” are onomatopoeic words (Cambridge
Dictionary).
Try search onomatopoeia dictionary and you will find millions
of sounds.
Let us get back to the little chicken story. Participating in
a running/marathon event requires us to be prepared. In a nutshell, you need to
prepare your body, plan your day, and mainly you need to prepare your mind to
join the event. We need a lot of preparation for that, don't we?
The same thing should go with our kids especially those with
hearing aids. Wearing hearing aids is a really NEW EXPERIENCE for you,
your family and your child. Accepting hearing aid
has been a big challenge for a parent, kids and even for ourselves. We do
prepare ourselves accepting hearing aids but how about our child? Even when the
child goes to school we need to prepare our child’s mentally and physically so
that they would not cry due to separation or meeting new strangers.
THE MAIN THING IS TO GET YOUR CHILD READY
TO WEAR HEARING AID/S.
Fitting hearing aids to children requires parent MOTIVATION,
COMMITMENT and TIME. Not only a parent but all
family members, siblings, friends, teachers, neighbours and community support.
Small steps start from our home where the children meets most of the time. Rehabilitation starts with wearing hearing
aid all the time.
GOAL 1 :
TOWARDS OPTIMAL HEARING ACCESS
TARGET : PARENT AND CHILD
STRATEGIES :
Ø Attitude towards hearing aids
o
Not
only your child but all family member
o
Prepare
yourself before preparing others
o
Research
about the benefit and limitations of hearing aids
o
Get
review from parent with hearing impaired kids and join support group
o
Build
a relationship with successful young hearing aid wearers
o
Maintain
a good relationship with professional including Audiologist, Speech Therapist,
ENT Doctors
o
Share
with family member, neighbour, school teachers and community about hearing aids
Ø Get your child’s mental ready towards
hearing aid
o
Story
to your child about hearing and introduce to hearing aids.
o
Role
play with your child meeting with professional.
o
Let
your child play with hearing aid wearer kids.
o
Picture
your child’s mind with professional by showing their picture.
o
Visit
hearing aid centre regularly just to familiarize your kids with the
environment, Audiologist and hearing device itself
Ø Fit your child’s hearing aid every
morning every day
Ø Spend time with your child by
introducing sounds (used Chicken Run in a Marathon Story Technique)
Ø Be creative and decorate child’s
hearing aid based on child’s preference
Ø Reward your child wearing hearing
aids with things that interest them
Ø Wearing huggie or BTE clip
More strategies
and explanation have been shared by my colleague, Miss Tasnim in her post- http://eartisticmalaysia.blogspot.my/2017/03/keeping-hearing-devices-on-your-little.html
Do follow
and join us for more exciting activities and tips in Earichment Programme at
Eartistic Hearing and Balance Centre.
Shared with
love by,
Zahidah Zainal
Audiologist
Eartistic Hearing and Balance Centre, Shah Alam
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