ChineseToday | Teacher brings more possibilities to hearing-impaired children in central China's Hubei

ChineseToday | Teacher brings more possibilities to hearing-impaired children in central China's Hubei

(240518) -- WUHAN, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongjia gives a training session to a hearing-impaired child at the Little Sunflower rehabilitation center in Jiangxia District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 27, 2024. Li Hongjia is a special education teacher at the Little Sunflower rehabilitation center in Wuhan. Her job is to conduct auditory and speech trainings for hearing-impaired children with hearing aids or cochlear implants. Li tailors each child's training plan. She uses slightly exaggerated facial expressions, tone of voice and body movements to communicate with the children in order to help them better perceive sounds and recognize their meanings. Whenever a child is brave enough to speak or pronounce a word accurately, she praises the child enthusiastically. When the weather is good, Li will also take the children to participate in outdoor activities, go to the supermarket to buy things, and set up stalls to sell goods. She hopes that the children can adjust to real-life situat

ChineseToday | Teacher brings more possibilities to hearing-impaired children in central China's Hubei

ChineseToday | Teacher brings more possibilities to hearing-impaired children in central China's Hubei

(240518) -- WUHAN, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongjia gives a training session to a hearing-impaired child at the Little Sunflower rehabilitation center in Jiangxia District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 27, 2024. Li Hongjia is a special education teacher at the Little Sunflower rehabilitation center in Wuhan. Her job is to conduct auditory and speech trainings for hearing-impaired children with hearing aids or cochlear implants. Li tailors each child's training plan. She uses slightly exaggerated facial expressions, tone of voice and body movements to communicate with the children in order to help them better perceive sounds and recognize their meanings. Whenever a child is brave enough to speak or pronounce a word accurately, she praises the child enthusiastically. When the weather is good, Li will also take the children to participate in outdoor activities, go to the supermarket to buy things, and set up stalls to sell goods. She hopes that the children can adjust to real-life situat

ChineseToday | Teacher brings more possibilities to hearing-impaired children in central China's Hubei

ChineseToday | Teacher brings more possibilities to hearing-impaired children in central China's Hubei

(240518) -- WUHAN, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongjia gives a training session to a hearing-impaired child at the Little Sunflower rehabilitation center in Jiangxia District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 20, 2024. Li Hongjia is a special education teacher at the Little Sunflower rehabilitation center in Wuhan. Her job is to conduct auditory and speech trainings for hearing-impaired children with hearing aids or cochlear implants. Li tailors each child's training plan. She uses slightly exaggerated facial expressions, tone of voice and body movements to communicate with the children in order to help them better perceive sounds and recognize their meanings. Whenever a child is brave enough to speak or pronounce a word accurately, she praises the child enthusiastically. When the weather is good, Li will also take the children to participate in outdoor activities, go to the supermarket to buy things, and set up stalls to sell goods. She hopes that the children can adjust to real-life situat

Turks' New Year wishlist highlights lingering economic chill

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Türkiye's inflation to start to ease sharply in December: minister

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Vox Pop: What do New York residents say about 1 mln U.S. COVID-19 deaths

STORY: Vox Pop: What do New York residents say about 1 mln U.S. COVID-19 deaths DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:18 LOCATION: NEW YORK, the U.S. CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent SOUNDBITE (English): ALEXANDER SOUNDBITE (English): LEAHN SOUNDBITE (English): MONTY STORYLINE: Twenty-seven months after its first case of COVID-19 infection, the United States reached a soul-crushing milestone on Thursday as its death toll crossed 1 million. Our correspondent has talked to some people in New York City. Let's hear what they have to say. STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent "Twenty-seven months after its first case of COVID-19 infection, the United States reached a soul-crushing milestone on Thursday as its death toll crossed 1 million, according to a statement by the White House. How did this once unthinkable figure become today's reality? How are Americans impacted by the pandemic? Are they satisfied with what the government is doing to deal with the situat