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The caption says: “Congratulations India! Made new #WorldRecord ‘Most Oil Lamps (989) Lit Simultaneously—Single Venue.’ #DivyangMegaCamp.”
Below the image is printed, in bold white text on a dark background: “Cochlear implants given to 1,200 children, all of whom can hear now.” The caption above the image says: “Cochlear implants were given to 1,200 children, all of whom can hear now: Shri@TCGEHLOT.”
A practitioner has listed the following information: the child’s name, which is whited out; the child’s case number, which is 592/7/19; the child’s chronological age, which is 7.10 years; the child’s sex, which is female; the child’s processor type, which is left blank; the child’s date of implantation, which is 23/05/17; the names of the child’s therapists, which are Arshiya (intern) and Shivani (third year); the date of switch-on, which is 24/06/17; the date therapy started, which is 15/07/19; and the implantation age, which is five and a half years. Below this list is a table in which the practitioner has provided the following information, labeled as “ISD (Integrated Scale of Development)”: listening (audition), 10–12 months; receptive language, 13–15 months; expressive language, 10–12 months; speech, 13–15 months; cognition, 31–36 months; social communication (pragmatics), 16–18 months. The practitioner has then written that on the CAP (Categories of Auditory Perception) Scale, the child is at level 3, “can identify some environmental sounds.”
Written on the first strip of paper is the sentence “Devi gave us / some clay.” On the second: “She said / ‘I am going / to make an idol / of Lord Vinayaka.’” On the third: “She also said: ‘copy me / and make an idol.’” On the fourth: “I copied / her.” And on the fifth: “I also made / an idol of Lord Vinayaka / with help.”
The note reads: “One of the cochlear implant recipients wants to speak and hear with your help. Please help her to purchase cochlear implant battery and coil cable implant accessories. Total cost of these accessories Rs.13000/.”
The first tweet reads: “@narendramodi @AmitShah @drharshvardhan @TajinderBagga Sir, I am father of a child with hearing impaired. During this lockdown period my child (using a cochlear implant) facing a lot of problem regarding maintenance and supply of batteries. She needs four batteries per day.” Two responses are displayed below that message. The first reads: “Please include the hearing aids related items into essential items for speed post amp; e-commerce courier. Please take necessary action asap so that she can get it quickly.” The second is a photograph of a pack of cochlear implant batteries.
The page is divided into three columns. The first column is labeled “Functional Description of Performance (Include strengths and weaknesses).” In this column, cursive writing states: “Michelle articulation skills are adequate for conversation but she tries to omit the final [s] and has difficulty with [s] blends during reading and conversation. Auditory discrimination skills are weak.” The second column is labeled “Annual Goal Number” and is blank. The third column is labeled “Annual Goals (Include all areas for which special education is indicated) Number each goal.” In this column, cursive writing states: “Michelle will improve her articulation of final [s] in reading and [s] blends during reading and conversation. Michelle will improve her auditory discrimination skills using blends and silibants [sic] words.”
My date of birth (01/24/1978) and my student case number (224-538-199) are written at the top. There are three columns on the page. The first column is labeled “Functional Description of Performance (Include strengths and weaknesses).” In this column, cursive writing states: “Michelle Friedner has been receiving speech and language therapy for numerous years. Michelle has shown improvement and is able to communicate with both teachers and peers adequately. Michelle is working up to her potential. It is felt at this time that Michelle’s speech needs can best be addressed by HHVI. Michelle is no longer in need of speech services as a related service since she appears to be working up to her potential. I recommend that speech and language services be terminated at this time.” It is signed by Joan Miller, my speech therapist at the time. The second column is labeled “Annual Goal Number” and is blank. The third column is labeled “Annual Goals (Include all areas for which special education is indicated) Number each goal.” In this column, cursive writing states: “n/a.”