Carter Hears

𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮.

On behalf of the entire Carter Hears! team — 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

Wishing our community a meaningful and reflective Memorial Day.

𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗛𝗛 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Carter Hears! has worked across 28 counties in North and South Carolina, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘏𝘏 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚'𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨:
Program design in rural settings works best when it starts from the student's needs - communication modality, language goals, and daily access requirements - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

In rural areas where in-person interpreter placement may not always be feasible, 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘿𝙃𝙃 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨.

𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. When equipment, scheduling, and communication between school, family, and audiologist are tracked well, continuity is maintained even across distance.

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘏𝘏 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙃𝙃 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙-𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨?