Support 12 kids with hearing loss in Medellin

Through this project 12 children with hearing loss and cochlear implant, had comprehensive rehabilitation processes in which they developed cognitive, hearing , language , and oral communication skills processes that helped them in school and social inclusion.

Samuel is on of the 12 children  with Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss he is 2 years old.

 Samuel reached the following achievements during the year :

 * Manages to hold the attention during all the activity .

* The child can express different feelings (crying , smiling, signing, babbling , some words and expressions ) .

* Follow the rhythm of the songs with gaze , gestures , actions and laughter.

* Look at the face of the interlocutor

* Understands simple commands with visual support and natural actions .

* Discriminate his name from other children .

* Samuel used his hearing device in good condition during each session.

* Manages to maintain his attention as long as there is a silent and visual stimuli that doesnt interfere with the environment .

* Discriminate everyday expressions ( hello, goodbye , give me)

* Make use of monosyllables  to communicate simple words.

 Samuel´s family assiduously attended the program,  his mother has acquired strategies to stimulate and develop the following skills acquired by the child :

* She is aware that the cochlear implant is the channel through which her child receives the information given with oral language.

* She recognizes when the child has understood the message.

* She recognize that palying is a way to communicate with the child.

* She is teaching Samuel to imitate orofacial movements.

* She stimulates the production of vowel sounds .

Samuel is one of the stories with endings, thanks to you danation Samuel can herar and is starting to talk.