NANCY MACKLIN: Good evening, everyone. And welcome to our webinar this evening,
Kid APP-roved with Tina Childress. Before we get started, Tina, I just want to thank our
captioner tonight, Daryl Morrell from Alternative Communication Services (ACS). Thank you so much Daryl, appreciate you being here tonight with us.
Many of you have seen Tina in action before at our conventions. She is one of our favorite and
popular presenters. She is an educational audiologist and a tech wizard and knows everything tech
and always very impressive. I know she has a lot of information to get through tonight. I will go ahead and let you get started, Tina. We will take questions at the end and if
everybody would do me of the favor of typing your question in the chat box I will
voice the question at the end so it becomes part of our transcript. Right. The chat box is at the bottom left of your screen. So
without further ado, welcome Tina and thank you very much for presenting tonight.
>> TINA CHILDRESS: Thanks so much, Nancy. It's always a great pleasure to be able to do something
for HLAA. It is definitely a group that I believe in and I wholeheartedly support. Hi, everyone!
Thanks so much for taking a time to spend an hour with me tonight during your summer. As Nancy mentioned, my name is Tina
Childress. I live in Champagne, Illinois which is about 2 and a half hours south of the state of Chicago. In addition to being an audiologist, I am, like many of you, I
am a late-deafened adult. I have bilateral cochlear implants and I do love technology. A lot of
friends call me Techy Tina, but for presentations like tonight I am also known as the App Queen.
Just a little bit of of an overview tonight the topics will be related to how to use tablets and
iPhones and touch technology with our students that have hearing loss. A lot of these concepts can also be used with adults.
So I was also brainstorming with Nancy and it's looking better and better with different platforms
that we're going to do a Part 2 which will be
and in Part 2 I really hope to go more in depth, actually
showing you the apps, but that's not possible tonight because of the limitations of the technology, but you will get a sense of where I am going with this. Even when I think about apps, I think about
them in terms of being another tool in our toolbox. They are no way, shape, or form
intended to replace a clinician, replace a parent, or act as electronic babysitter, -- but I want to leverage this
attractiveness to this technology and it can motivate our children in therapy. It can provide them
with access in situations where maybe their hearing loss is a barrier.
with access in situations where maybe their hearing loss is a barrier. That's the framework for presenting what I do and I hope I am able
to provide you resources you can start using right away. I will start off talking about some of the accessibility features
we find in the devices I will be talking about. I should also mention that the we find in the devices I will be talking about. I should also mention that the
focus of this presentation are going to be on apps that work on the Apple Platform
presentation are going to be on apps that work on the Apple platform
so iPads, iPhones, iPod Touch. I know over the years people asked me about Android so hang with me a little bit, I
have some exciting news to share about that. But the focus of this I will start out talking more about accessibility for Apple devices because that's what we usually see in
the schools. This is the web page to the Apple Accessibility Information. They
keep changing it and I am finding it harder and harder to find information. So I am going to break it down in ways that kind
of make sense to me. So the first feature that is really great and that many of us love and what
I am using almost every day is having these front-facing cameras. We find them on all
the iPads, except the very first-generation iPad. It allows us to do things like FaceTime and maybe
use apps like Skype
uboo. It's great for lipreading. I love talking on my iPad ooboo. It's great for lipreading. I love talking on my iPad
with my mom who is very much in denial about her on hearing loss and she has a probably not looking at the camera and often looking
like this and not at the camera, but at least I can see her face and she can see my face for lipreading.
For those of us that use sign language and might use a Video Relay Service -- it's so nice to pull our phone out of our pocket or pull up our iPad in the coffee shop
and make quick phone call or have a sign language conversation with our friends. In the field of audiology we are seeing the use of things
like iPads, especially and also computers with web cameras and things like teleHealth.
Maybe like for clinicians that might be three or four or 13 hours away from their client, but they are
able to conduct therapy remotely with the family on one side and the clinician on the other side.
In terms of audiology, sometimes audiologists can program hearing aids, they are looking at cochlear implants. So there's a lot of things happening in telehealth
right now. I would say probably almost 100% of the video
content that we have now on the iTunes store is accessible with closed captioning. I think they got sued and they had to do that, because back in
the day, maybe as recent as five years ago I know there was still quite a bit of content that was not
captioned. One thing that's disappointing is the produces and trailers are still not captioned, but
most of the shows you and the movies are so that's great. I just came from working I just came from working out with my
daughter and it was great to watch a movie and I was able to enjoy it with closed captioning.
So some of you and also maybe some of the students that you So some of you and also maybe some of the students that you
only able to hear out of one ear? So if you have true stereo headphones meaning a separate channel, right
channel, left channel, a situation like this would be if they have maybe music and instrumentals on one ear, but on
the other ear, are the lyrics. Well, if you can only hear out
of one ear then you're not going to get the information you need.
So there's a setting in your phone and on your iPad called mono audio and it takes both of these
channels and it puts it together and it can send it to the left ear or it can send to the right ear.
So this is good for people who have unilateral hearing loss or maybe they only wear one hearing
aid or one cochlear implant. I know also that bikers, bicyclists like to use this because they hear
sounds out of one side, but still able to be aware of the environment on the other side. In terms of notifications it's so great, there's banners and badges
and if you're on your phone you have vibration. There's lights that can and flash. I am not a big fan of using the
ringtone, because I often don't hear it, but I do appreciate my screen lighting up or the
banners showing up. Another really great feature that you can use with your students is Siri.
Siri is really great for motivation for our students in terms of articulation.
Think about it. Have your student ask Siri, "Hey Siri, what's the weather today?" and see if Siri is able to
understand your student. The motivation factor is great, because if Siri can't understand what you are saying, then you
work on the sounds and even within Siri you can see exactly what Siri heard. work on the sounds and even within Siri you can see exactly what Siri heard.
So I know a lot of speech pathologists that like to use Siri to kind of give the student feedback
on their own articulation. Even if you have a student that is using an AAC
which stands for Alternative and Augmentative Communication device, so this would be a device that maybe has signals and gives voice output. I
know some speech therapists that will use the AAC device to talk to Siri and see if
Siri is able to understand them. So that's always great. Where
do you find these features? I provided the slides to Nancy and so you should be able to see them in
PDF form. So I know on your screen it may look very, very small, but hopefully you can blow
it up when you're outside of the presentation.
And so it's found under the General settings file. So here -- let me get my pointer -- here is
where you will see accessibility under General. And then if you scroll some more down the page, you will see some more
of the hearing functions, including -- I just always have closed captions turned on by default. And so that's just a
feature that anytime YouTube video comes on or you are watching a movie, that it just
feature that anytime YouTube video comes on or you are watching a movie, that it just automatically turns on.
turns on.
And Nancy just wrote that the PDF of the slides will be posted along with the recording,
So you can follow along so that will be great. Thank you, Nancy.
So did you also know that if you use iMessage that you can make the iMessages more noticeable
by actually customizing your vibration patterns?. What this slide shows is screenshots of where you
need to go to customize the LED, as well as vibrations. I also want to point out that on the
handouts down at the bottom are some web links to the information that I am presenting on.
So if this doesn't give you enough information just the screenshots, So if this doesn't give you enough information just the screenshots,
it will take you to more information. So I also wanted to talk about advantages and
There's been a lot of people that think that, you know, iDevices and what I There's been a lot of people that think that, you know, iDevices and what I
say iDevices that stands for iPad, iPad Mini,
iPhone, I Pod Touch who think it's the best thing ever and there are some people that just they think that it's evil. That it's going to make kids into robots
and all of that. And so I wanted to definitely acknowledge some of these, the advantages of touch
technology as well as some of the concerns. So some of the advantages. We know that it's portable. I think I
actually pick out every purse I own based on whether or not my iPad can fit in it so if
my iPad can fit in it, it's definitely big enough. We like things easy to manipulate.
For people that have dexterity issues when we think about our kids working on fine motor skills,
there are a lot of things that are a lot easier. We know that it's stimulating. This is why it's
so attractive to many of us. I don't think I can stand in line at the grocery store without whipping out my phone and checking
email or Facebook or something like that. So that's definitely, you know, use that to our advantage.
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At this point, there's probably approaching 1.5 million -- that's with an "M" -- apps. There have
been about 1 billion with a "B," songs that have been downloaded. So we know the app stores are
just huge. We have a lot of things to choose from.
The accessories are really popular. So I remember when I got my first iPad, I had to be very --
I was very careful with my equipment, because if I needed to order anything I had to go to the Apple Store. So I remember at one point something happened to my charging cable, I had
to go to the Apple store. Nowadays we can find charging cables and chargers at the grocery store or in line
in line at the gas station. Or at Walgreens.
Now, I have to kind of preface this with: You get what you pay for so if you are paying a $1.99
for a cable, it is probably not going to be as regulated or have the same kind of quality inspection
as a cable that might cost $15 or $20. So that's kind of my gauge for knowing that if a cable is
a good cable or not. Unfortunately, it's based on price. Not even based on what it looks like, because you can find these
cables that look fantastic and they're only $2, but you get what you pay for.
Now the danger in using some of these accessories that are inexpensive is that they can overheat;
they can kind of mess up the battery on your devices. So kind of think about that. Oh, I know that
I wanted to tell you: I was just -- if you guys want cables
I wanted to tell you: I was just -- if you guys want cables
they have a lot of things on sale. I know they do that too with Marshals. These are $20 cables
maybe selling for 7 or $8 so that's a good place to go. Okay. Moving on.
Other advantages is, you know, this is what we're seeing in the schools. This is, especially what
we see in special education, which is why I am focusing with we see in special education, which is why I am focusing with
You know, it's kind of scary; there are some schools they don't even give out textbooks anymore.
You know, it's kind of scary; there are some schools they don't even give
Everything is on a iPad in PDF form and that's how students are accessing their information.
So if we are able to get them ready with that, by helping them So if we are able to get them ready with that, by helping them
great thing. If you have a student that has dual sensory loss, maybe
they have vision impairment in addition to hearing loss, there are very great features on
the iPad that can compensate for having vision impairment and make things easier to read.
Then, of course, this is multimodal. We're able to hear and able to see and touch stuff through
the screen and that's what keeps us engaged.
So one big concern -- and this is definitely a concern that I see as an audiologist -- is that
people and, especially children, are using these iDevices at unsafe levels and for longer periods
during the day. I remember, I was taking the train in Chicago. I was at my
parent's house, which was a little bit up north and taking it into the city. And there were maybe three people that did not have something
in their ears. And it was an almost full car so we just see that
that's just kind of society nowadays, is that they're always plugged in.
So I made this chart based on the information from this PDF down below. And it talks about when
you look at the volume control if you have the volume control full-on, you should only be wearing
your device for maybe 3 to 5 minutes. If you have anything that goes into the ear.
Now, if you are wearing headphones it's about 18 minutes and that's because it sits outside of your ear, it's not deep down in your ear canal.
But we are seeing more children with hearing loss. And we're seeing that because we know that they're listening to music at unsafe limits. Please be
aware of that with your students.
Did you know that you can manually set the output limit on your iPad? So, again, the link for
step by step is down here. So what you're going to do is go into your music file and then
you, you have music and volume limit and here there's a slider. The default and I don't know why the default is all the way
here, is at max; if you make it in the middle it won't here, is at max; if you make it in the middle it won't
let your -- it will not let your volume get to unsafe levels no matter how loud they turn up the volume. So you will be manually limiting the
output here. And this window what this shows is how to block students or your kids out of
this so you have to enter in a code in order to change the
Now, there are also just
outputting limiting devices, headphones or earbuds that kids can wear that doesn't matter how loud they turn up the volume, it's never going to
is still a relatively safe level. It's when you
get over 85 decibels you need to start worrying about excessive noise. Output limiting
built into it. I am going to talk now about some of the newer accessories
that are available that can be used to listen to your devices.
So the first thing I wanted to highlight is this neck loop by a company called Clear Sounds and
it's called Quattro 4.0 and I guess I should give out a disclaimer that some of the equipment that I will be showing, first of all, it's equipment that I have tried or I own.
And some of it the manufacturers have actually sent it to me, because I said if you
want someone to demo your equipment, I have used it and I would be happy to talk about it this is an example of that.
this is, an amplified FM neck loop. The way this works is first of
this is, an amplified FM neck loop. The way this works is first of all, these two pieces actually fit together.
So if you were to look at it from the side, it would look kind of like a big Oreo. So this
context -- let's pretend over on the left is what I want to listen to, iPhone or iPad or whatever, well, this device talks to this neck loop via Bluetooth.
And then this device sends the signal up to my cochlear implants via the Telecoil function.
So I can listen to my phone; I can listen to audiobooks. Now, this thing that's separated out
here, what this is, this is actually a removable microphone. And so let's take this and pretend
it's over here. This microphone will talk via Bluetooth to this so I can give this to my kids in
the backseat, if I am having a hard time hearing them and I can listen to them. So it's kind of like a poor man's
FM system. It's not as great as FM or Rogers system, but it can do in a pinch. So many of you have students or maybe
yourselves that you have accessories called streamers that now come with your devices. So, again, if let's say this is the device you
want to hear, and here at the top, so this communicates to the different streamers via Bluetooth and
it sends the signal wirelessly up to your hearing aids or to your cochlear implants or to the
students. And so streamers are like another piece in terms of technology and if you are not really comfortable
with how to connect streamers to your students' technology, definitely consult either
their pediatric audiologist or if they are school-aged talk to their educational audiologists if there is one available.
So sometimes students like to just directly plug-in something. I know this for some students that
take state testing on a computer or maybe they're listening to music. So if you have a hearing aid,
there are different what we call audio shoes or battery doors that can be at the bottom of your
hearing aid. And you can see here there's three little plugs. So these plugs plug into the three
holes and this end plugs into the headphone jack of what you're listening to. So you are hardwired to what you are listening to. But that means that you
are less likely to have interference. Or problems with the Telecoil. If you want to
listen to what your student is listening to, you can get a Y-splitter. This end
here to the left plugs into the headphone jack. You can plug in their cable here. You can plug in your headphones over here. So that's a
great feature.
Now, if you have a student that has cochlear implants, and they want to plug in to something you
have to be especially careful with cochlear implant kids, because if there was a power surge in the
building, and you're listening to let's say you are listening to something on a desktop computer that's plugged into the wall, that power surge can travel through the wall through
the cable, through the power strip that you have connected to your computer, and that up the cable and
actually sometimes mess up the programming on your kids' cochlear implant.
So the safest thing to do would be to only plug into things that are battery-operated. Or to talk
to your cochlear implant manufacturer and see if they have a proprietary cable that has a surge
protector in the middle of it to prevent that were happening. As of right now, I think that
Cochlear and MED-EL are the two companies that have those proprietary cables.
Cochlear and MED-EL are the two companies that have those proprietary cables. My favorite headphones are by this company called Able Planet. I
like it because first of all, they say their headphones are made for people with hearing loss. And have been listened to a bunch
of headphones I think they sound really good. I also like the fact that their cord that plugs that
connects the headphones to the whatever you are listening to, can unplug so you're not going to ruin
your headphones, because you sat on your cable. It will just actually unplug.
your headphones, because you sat on your cable. It will just actually unplug. The other thing to look for in headphones is if you can see here in
this picture, you want that cup. You want that cup because it sits off the ear which means you're less likely
to have feedback from hearing aids, especially.
And also it does a really good job with isolating sound so blocking out the external noise and
funneling the sound more towards your ear so these -- this is the style that I like.
This is a device called the HearAll and the way this works is it looks like a phone. So this
connects via Bluetooth to your cellular phone. Let's say I am using an app where I have captions on
my mobile phone. Well, if I have that on, then it has to go through speakerphone. Because I can't
like listen and read my captioning so the default is to go to speakerphone. If you have this
device, I can actually hold this to my ear and read my captioning and it's going to
be private.
So it does a great job amplifying. There's a Telecoil function. You can actually
So it does a great job amplifying. There's a Telecoil function. You can actually put it in the
visor of your car and the sound will be nice and loud for you what you're driving. For those of you
that might use your cellphone as a alarm clock or know students doing that that's fine, but please
do not put it under your pillow or in your pajamas, especially in you are charging it also. Because
the phonesd can get really hot. There have been instances where pillows catch on fire and buying one of those cheap cables for $2 at the gas
buying one of those cheap cables for $2 at the gas station, it just may be kind of make your phone
buying one of those cheap cables for $2 at the gas
get really hot. So there are devices like this cradle that you stick your phone in it and it
picks up the vibration pattern that you set and then this will light up, but there's also a bed
attachment. And you can also plug your phone in and charge it overnight so this is my favorite
device for that. Of course, we have wearable technology like what I have as well.
And I really love being able to just really quickly know that a text or email came in, look at it
really quickly. Not so much for the kids, but we're seeing it for adults where you can actually
control your hearing aids and I am sure soon cochlear implants using apps on your watches.
control your hearing aids and I am sure soon cochlear implants using apps on
So now, I am going to give you tips for purchasing apps.
When you have a million apps on a web store, it can get a little bit overwhelming. So I'm gonna
talk to you guys here in a little bit about my app list in case you don't know about it, where I really narrowed kind of down the field. And you want to think about your goal. What are you
to accomplish? What kind of skill are you going to be working on?
You want to dub when you review an app you really want to see kind of screenshots of what the apps
look like, because sometimes just looking at the logo or hearing about the app is not the same as
look like, because sometimes just looking at the logo or hearing about the app is not the same as For your little ones that are using apps you want to make sure that there's not too much fine motor things they can't do.
So if you're working with a 4-year-old and they're working on
fine motor skills, you don't want a whole lot of pinching and scrunching unless that's something you
are working on in therapy and you know they can do that. When working with kids also these apps that have built-in record keeping are fantastic.
track the correct or incorrect responses create a graph
price.
price.
So there are great apps that are free and there are great apps that are not free. As well as bad apps that are free and bad apps that are not free.
So the price is not always going to be indicative of the quality of apps.
There are some fantastic apps that are out there for sure that are free.
And then the last thing that I want to tell about:
There are apps out there I would call genuine like they are doing what they're saying they're doing and there are some that are gimmicky.
And so I would say that probably -- Sue I will tell you where the app list is in just a few
slides -- so in terms of genuine versus gimmicky: Apps that do things like say that they're spying
devices, there's the whole thing right now with over-the-counter hearing aids that I know that a lot of people within HLAA have pushed for.
There are some apps out there also that pretend to act like hearing aids and they're not safe.
And I will talk about that in a little bit so you have to be careful of them. There are also apps that are out there that measure, like, how loud the environment is.
And many of them are not accurate. And so I will also talk about that.
Some other things to remember. Once you buy an app, it's yours.
So even if you don't have it on the screen of your device, it will always be in your iTunes
store. Did you know that one Apple ID can be shared with up to ten devices
store. Did you know that one Apple ID can be shared with up to ten devices computers?
computers?
And things have changed, too. There are family Share plans and things like that. So gone are the
days where one app is on one iPad and then you have to buy for another iPad or the iPhone. You can use similar Apple IDs or
use Family-sharing. In preparation for this presentation, I actually kind of went through my whole entire app list and kind of get rid of a bunch of apps,
because they were no longer available. So just know that I may talk about an app tonight or
maybe on my app list, but you go to it in a couple of days or share with a friend, and it's no longer there. And that's just kind of what
happens every day. Apps are being retired and apps being developed every day.
Now if you are one of those people that when you look on your screen and if you have the
medallion that says 56 because you haven't updated your apps, please do so. And the same goes for
your operating system. Because if you don't update your apps or your operating system, the
your operating system. Because if you don't update your apps or your operating system, the apps may
your operating system. Because if you don't update your apps or your operating system, the
not work correctly so be sure to update that and I do mine at least weekly if not more. Another
thing people sometimes run into some run out of memory. Did you know there are now memory sticks like thumb drives, that you can use for iPhones and iPads?
Now, the only thing that can be loaded onto these sticks or memory devices are media.
And when I say "media" that means pictures, videos, or documents, like PDFs or Microsoft Word or
something like that. You cannot put an app on one of these storage devices. But let's say you
a day lot of pictures or videos, but it's eating up the memory of your device. If you get one of
these memory sticks, then it can help you save memory and you don't have to upgrade so much.
I recently, I think, I was at Sam's Club and I think I saw one for, like, 32 gigabyte of storage
for, like, $100. So we know with technology, the prices are going to keep going down, but this is a
nice option to have instead of having to buy brand-new device, because you keep running out of
memory.
So my favorite places are here at iTunes, Google Alerts, everyone once in a while I will go to
iTunes and just do a quick search and then you see the terms up there. I also set up Google Alerts so if any of these words show up
on the web, like, when an app is being developed, the developer will often put out some kind of press release so that's how I find
out about a lot of apps is because I get an email through Google Alerts. Another thing to think about and there are other services like this,
so with app Shopper you sign up get an account for free and what you do is if there's an app you want, but you don't want
to pay the price they're asking for, put that app on app Shopper and if they go down
in price, or it becomes free, then you can set your alerts however you want, you will get an email.
It's kind of a nice wish list and reminds you of things you are looking at. Sue, I don't have time to
depth about how to set up a Google Alert, but there are lots of tutorials online to show you how
do that.
do that.
You're welcome. And so Facebook is another favorite place for me to find apps.
There's a lot of just Facebook pages all they do is evaluate special education apps. And they
have different events where they give things away. It seems like a lot of apps go free or on sale
on Fridays so check out some of the Facebook pages I will talk about in a minute and also just check on Friday. There are certain
times of the year also where speech language and hearing apps go on sale. April and May is Better Hearing and
Speech month and October and November is right before our National Conference. And so a lot of developers like to put their apps on sale.
the developers like to put their apps on sale.
And then, of course, there's different blogs and websites be if I am
questioning whether the app is good or not I will go to YouTube and see if I can see video of the app in action. So a lot of these developers also
have YouTube channels so you can see kind of what the app looks like being used.
Now, I am going to talk about my app list.
So you can find the app list here at this website.
And I don't know what it is about me; I have this need to collect information, organize it, a create a chart and just share it with the world is just something I like to do.
a chart and just share it with the world is just something I like to do.
a chart and just share it with the world is just something I like to do. So I started doing this back in 2011 when the first apps
started coming out. So when you go to this list, you will see these different categories.
And I will go more in-depth into these different categories and also what a page might look like.
So you're just going to go to this website up here and you will see the different categories.
I want to let you know you guys are the first to hear this officially that this app list is
finally going to come out in Android. People have been asking about this forever. And I will get
the website to Nancy so she can send it out to people as well.
So if you go to one of the categories you're going to see a page that looks like this. And so let me change my pointer.
So the first thing that you're going to see is the logo. And then also here is the title of the
app and you can see the title the app when you click on it sends you to the iTunes page and
you will see the cost and understand this cost changes. And so that's just what it was what I
looked at it. There will be a short description either because I have the app or if I don't have the app, then I will use it from the iTunes store.
And then you will also see what category it's in. So this one is for audiology, hearing test, and
listening therapy. So this app can be used multitude of different ways. And then I also put the
company website on here, because if you are having a problem with the app I put the contact information for
you there just to be easy. And then this last column is really important. It is the date I
added it to the list. So what I do is I put the most recent app at the top.
So you can look at the date and you can see
huh, I haven't checked Tina's app list in six months, what kinds of things has she put on her app list and you can look for the past six months and see what's happening with the most recent
being on top. The other thing I recently did also when going through my list is I highlighted my favorite apps.
So if you don't want to go through all of them and you just want to see what are the highlights, So if you don't want to go through all of them and you just want to see what are the highlights,
well, I highlighted that for you. So that's what one of these pages might look
So the first category is accessibility.
Here you will find apps that will do things like give voice-to-text and/or text-to-voice. So
Google Translate, which is this icon here is an example of that. I can talk into my phone and the
text will print out. So that's kind of a nice feature for people that are having a hard time
listening. That's just one example. There's a whole bunch of them that are on there.
listening. That's just one example. There's a whole bunch of them that are on there. I also have information about, you know, using your phone as a visual alert. It listens
to the environmental sounds around you.
Emergency notifications comes pretty standard now with phones. I remember when weather radios
were all the rage for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, but nowadays we get most of the information right on our phone. If you are looking for ways to have access
to subtitles, let's say you're going to the drive-in movie. This is where I have used this, the drive-in movie doesn't
not yet. Where I live there's an app that will pull subtitles from the Internet and I can not yet. Where I live there's an app that will pull subtitles from the Internet and I can
watch it on my iPad while I watch the movie with my
There are also apps that work with advocacy. Again,
family. There are also apps that work with advocacy. Again,
I'm sorry -- I have to cough -- I'm sorry that I can't go into in-depth into some of the depths because
of time, but definitely check out some of the apps. This one is game called self-advocacy by a
company called Rule the School. A board game roll the die, pick up the card you forgot to
give microphone to your teacher go back three squares so all the different scenarios are based for students and what kind of
challenges that might come up.
Here is that section where I was talking about things being a little bit gimmicky. My friend who
is also an audiologist with bilateral cochlear implants did a study, which is down here below,
is also an audiologist with bilateral cochlear implants did a study, which is down here below,
he looked at a whole bunch of
he looked at a whole bunch of these amplifier apps and did you know some of them exceeded
130 decibels that's huge past the threshold of pain. So unfortunately, these apps got through the
vetting of the Apple store and went to market, but they're not safe. So Sam had four that met the
criteria for being safe and I went ahead and listed them here.
For those of you that are working maybe on advocacy skills and you want to a great diagram
ear, there's some apps under the audiology section that has really great diagrams. Probably one of
my most favorite apps now is one from Oticon called Oticon professionals is and it has a great
hearing loss simulation. I see I am talking quickly. And I know because I still have a few slides
and I am running out of time. In this app you can enter in an audiogram and it will play
a sound simulation of hearing loss. This is very helpful in a school setting, when you are
able to where you can show this to the teacher or even to the parent. There are also sound simulations of hearing aids use. What
like to hear with an FM system and what it's like when you're listening in noise. like to hear with an FM system and what it's like when you're listening in noise.
So this is really, really a great app that's also free. It's rather large at about 0.75 gigabytes
so just make sure you have enough room on your device and iPad. I work a lot with cochlear implants, but there's a lot
of different processessers out there and what's great is all manufacturers have apps
with troubleshooting tips. If you don't remember the program or the what the different
blinking lights mean there's apps that can help of you with that. In this doesn't pertain to our little ones they're not using a
lot of Made For iPhone hearing aids with little kids, but I wanted to make sure you knew this was something we are definitely
seeing in adults. if you work with teenagers you may see some of the teenagers
do this and so this is the kind of information that you might see. So they have a hearing aid that talks to
their iPhone and they can change settings, things like that.
I also provided you with just the iTunes for different manufacturers of hearing
aids, as well as for cochlear implants.
There are classroom tools that I also shared.
So like sharing your screen.
One I think that that's really popular now, a lot of my teachers are using instead of doing physical pen paper and wasting paper, is that they are
their iPad and then there are apps where you can actually draw on the PDF their iPad and then there are apps where you can actually draw on the PDF
and save them or email them what you need.
If you want to make a social story there's a bunch of apps there like we made a social story of what happens when you have a hearing evaluation.
If you need to play slash on your iPad in the past it was incompatible, but this particular app
is called Puffin. And it allows you to play Flash on there.
Another thing that's kind of gimmicky is there are hearing tests. That you can find in the
iTunes store. How loud or quiet a sound can you hear? My advice for you as an audiologist is if
you have concerns please see an audiologist.
This is by far the biggest section of this list. And it is the category for Listening Therapy.
There are just about every possible skill that you would want to work on, you can find in this
category. A lot of these apps can be done in quiet or noise. Many of
them have data tracking built-in so I
Encourage you to look at this list and see if something to work with your students. If working with older adults or students there are really great apps my friends use on a commute to work when on
train. Media players. Back when I first started
this presentation, not every media player had closed captioning, but nowadays that is definitely more the case.
It's very rare actually, to find some kind of media player that does not have closed captioning.
So even things like the Khan Academy where you can get tutored on different areas can be found
there. I don't know about you guys, but I like to listen to music and I know my students do also.
There are apps that are out there that will play the lyrics with the music. And so for those of There are apps that are out there that will play the lyrics with the music. And so for those of
you out in that know me well I am a Hamilton addict. There's a lot of rap that happens in Hamilton,
and so I really appreciate apps that will play the music in sync with the lyrics so definitely check
that out. There are also apps that can also listen to music and tell you all of these different
things, which is very helpful for like if I want to hear music ma my daughter is listening to think of your students that want to listen to the same music as their peers.
So these kind of apps are very helpful.
If you want to learn sign language, there are numerous apps that are out there. Not only teaching
you sign language, but there are also apps that have lots of story signing.
you sign language, but there are also apps that have lots of story signing. My favorite app for learning sign language is called My Smart Hands. And
I like it because they use video clips. The person that's signing actually describes how to make
And then there's also a quiz mode. So that you can
So that you can actually test
your perceptive knowledge. Again sound level meters can be gimmicky, but also can be very powerful. When you
go to the category section for sound-level meters I will indicate which ones can
be calibrated. And by calibrated what that means is I took my device, I went
into my sound-proof booth, because I am an audiologist and I played a signal and looked at my device and if
it was accurate or not accurate I would adjust it as much as I could and try to calibrate it. Again some of them can
be gimmicky. The last section is something called telecommunications. So these are for things
like your caption telephone apps on your
mobile phone. My favorite is InnoCaption .they use a live CART writer it to
be quick and accurate. Multiple apps for that, too. Video Relay my favorite happens to be the "Z"
platform. I will leave you with some resources. So in addition to my app list I also have a social
bookmarking site. This social bookmarking site is different than the one I had before because the other one kind of went out of business so this is my new one. So for all
of the links in websites I have been saving over the years lots and lots of years, I have over a thousand
websites saved to this page, where you can also see things by category.
So if you want to see apps on captioning in the movie theaters, click on captioning and movie theaters and you will see
all of the links that I have saved.
For those of you that are teachers or like to look up activities that you can either print or put
on your iPad, Teachers Pay Teachers has a lot of really great ideas. And with that,
that was my second-to-last slide. This is my last slide. Let me see what the question is. Kristin
my daughter takes out hearing aids when wearing headphones, because she says the hearing aid has
feedback noise when wearing headphones. Do you have a specific headphone you recommend that might feedback noise when wearing headphones. Do you have a specific headphone you recommend that might
So Kristin when I was talking about that cup-style, that may help. The other thing you want to
make sure of is when daughter is wearing headphones she has the cups in the right place. So for
those of us that have hearing aids or implants many of us have to actually wear it up here. When we
wear it over our ears, the cup covers the microphone and that can cause squealing.
It depends also on how much like how much hearing loss she has. If issues, like, a
moderate-to-severe hearing loss, you may want to investigate going to an amplified neck loop that
works with a Telecoil, because then the feedback will not be an issue.
works with a Telecoil, because then the feedback will not be an issue. Did that help answer
your question? >> NANCY MACKLIN: That was a good question.
>> TINA CHILDRESS: Yeah. The other thing that you might also try is switching to the Telecoil
program on her hearing aids. A lot of people don't know this, but even with regular headphones that hearing people can use, if you switch to the Telecoil program, sometimes you can
get enough of the signal through the headphones that you can hear and there's no feedback. You may need to increase
the volume on what you're listening to or turn up the volume on your hearing aid, but that's another
trick I have learned. You're welcome. Another question?
I have many inused apps -- but I got a message on the phone Android that advises not to delete
them because it may change the function of the phone. I did not talk about that. But yes, there
are definitely apps that are free and there are some that cost. If you delete any app from your physical phone it will always be in your store,
whether it's in your iTunes store or if you have an Android in Google Play store and you can
any time. But a lot of people take it off their phone, because they don't use it and any time. But a lot of people take it off their phone, because they don't use it and
they don't want to clutter up their screen. Or it's taking up memory. So that's are the
would take an app off your physical
common reasons you would take an app off your physical
>> NANCY MACKLIN: Tina she is not in any danger of not having the phone working properly for what
phone. >> NANCY MACKLIN: Tina she is not in any danger of not having the phone working properly for what
>> NANCY MACKLIN: Tina she is not in any danger of not having the phone working properly for what
she wants to use it for if she takes an app off or deletes an app.
>> TINA CHILDRESS: I haven't heard of that I would think any app that would disrupt the
functionality of the phone would not be an app you can just delete. Some of these things are set and you can't change in even if you wanted to.
Does that answer your question, Nancy? >> NANCY MACKLIN: Yeah.
>> TINA CHILDRESS: Okay. Sue that question -- or that app where you can input the kids' audiogram
is called
is called Oticon Professionals and it's definitely highlighted on my app
Okay. So the question does the presentation apply to Okay. So the question does the presentation apply to
PCs and Androids as well? No, because they are different beasts the PC stuff definitely not, because there's so many computers where you
can't touch them. In terms of Androids, Androids are a little bit different in terms of
finding where the accessibility is. But they both have accessibility features. There
are not as many apps on my Android list yet only, because I just started it. There's definitely a lot more apps on the iPad
store and sometimes there's apps on Android, but not on Apple or not on Apple, but not
But the general things like searching for an app or things like that yes, a lot of that stuff apply to either platform.
can apply to either platform.
Any other questions? >> NANCY MACKLIN: There's one about the cables. Jay said you spoke about the cheap cables, but I
don't remember anything being said about the chargers. Some simple information and advice for viewers many of them are also cheap
quality, especially the ones that plug in the wall.
>> TINA CHILDRESS: Right yeah, I would say anything that costs maybe like $5 or less, definitely
kind of steer clear from those. You know I know that sometimes people will use them in an
kind of steer clear from those. You know I know that sometimes people will use them in an emergency, that's great. But do not make that your primary charger cable or primary charger plug.
There's just too many unknowns when it's that keep this. >> NANCY MACKLIN: Right and I guess it's probably a good rule of
thumb the charger or accessory you are using should be if it's an Apple it should be Apple-approved or
something, right? >> TINA CHILDRESS: The acronym is OEM and I can't remember what it stands for, but it's
like OEM manufacturer --
>> NANCY MACKLIN: Original equipment manufacturer. >> TINA CHILDRESS: Thank you.
That's it. >> NANCY MACKLIN: One other person asked about the PowerPoint.
We are at 9:00 so I will cut off there, but we will place the recording of Tina's webinar on our website on
the replay page within webinars.
And the PDF of her slides will also be available there so you can go back and look at the app list
and so forth. And then just on another note I am taking off
in August so there will be no webinar next month. And then when we resume in September it will be on a new platform, one that's easier for people
get into. And a little bit more get into. And a little bit more
versatile in terms of the technology. And I am hoping to get Tina back in the fall and on our new platform. She will be able to show
you how some of these apps work so that's our goal.
And I want to thank Daryl for providing captions once again from Alternative Communication
Services. Tina thank you so much it was jack packed information N thank you very much,
again, I really appreciate it. >> TINA CHILDRESS: You're welcome and everyone I want to let you know also, on the
handouts is my mail address. Please feel free to email me if you have any
questions. I know I have to speak pretty quickly to get through this information. And I appreciate you
guys hanging in there with me. >> NANCY MACKLIN: Thanks again, Tina and Daryl. Good night everybody.
>> TINA CHILDRESS: Good night. [ End of File ]
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