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University Daily Kansan, May 1, 1985
Ian Leong, 9, daughter of Choon Sang Leong, and Ray Wu, 5, son of Stouffer Place. The two children played yesterday in the warm Sheng Shi Wu, romp in a field of dandelions near their homes in cloudy weather.
Prof hopes May brings attention to disorders
By CECILIA MILLS Staff Reporter
Reacting to a person who stutters or has a hearing or speaking disorder can be a problem for many people, a language and hearing said recently.
For that reason, John Michel, the professor, said students and faculty in the department of speech, language and hearing were happy to see the month of May nationally declared "Better Speech and Hearing Month."
Mayor Mike Army last night declared May "Better Speech and Hearing Month" in Lawrence at a meeting of the City Commission.
"All we're trying to do is make people aware of the importance of speech and hearing." Amry said.
Michel said if people thought about how much they would miss their voice or their hearing they would take better care of both.
IF PEOPLE CAN recognize disorders, they can then learn how to deal with the people who have them, he said. The best reaction often can be no reaction.
A stutterer will feel more inadequate if the listener tries "to help get the words out," he said.
Another thing that many people might not realize, Michel said, is that different disorders require different adaptations.
For example, when a person meets someone who is slightly or completely deaf, the tendency to exaggerate the articulation of the words does nothing but confuse the deaf person.
Instead, people should slow down the rate at which they speak, giving the deaf person a chance to comprehend what they are saving.
SPEAKING LOUDER may help, but the speakers also should keep their faces in the light and use some hand gestures and facial expressions to cue the deaf person.
"These may sound obvious, but often people don't realize their importance," Michel said.
Graduation joy marred for some
The department of speech, language and hearing has a clinic to diagnose disorders for anyone.
"We emphasize the importance of trying to rehabilitate or provide some sort of modification of behavior." Michel said.
Although not many students receive such letters, some do every year. Don Sheid, associate dean of fine arts, said yesterday. Every semester the school has to issue letters to some of its students an graded certificate because they have failed a required course or have received an incomplete.
By PATRICIA SKALLA Staff Reporter
For those seniors, the diplomas they try to pick up after graduation may turn out to be letters from their teachers. The letters will tell them they haven't met all the requirements needed to graduate, and they will have to go back to school if they ever want to see their diplomas.
Instead of graduation day being filled with the joy of finally having completed school, a few seniors may find themselves faced with the shock of finding out they haven't graduated.
THE SCHOOL CHECKS the records of each student who applies for a degree the semester before graduation, Scheid said. Most of the time.
students are notified early enough to complete required courses and graduate on time.
But if students fail a required course during their final semester, the school has no alternative but to take a standard course that them they can't graduate, he said.
Diana Fox, coordinator of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduation office, said students in the college who were unable to graduate usually weren't able to because they lacked a required number of hours and senior score hours, or had fewer than the total number of required hours.
Many times, students are unaware of their situation because they haven't made sure they have all the requirements or because they haven't talked with an adviser, she said.
DAVE SHUILENBURGER, director of undergraduate programs at the School of Business, said, "Students that have to worry are those who have never been admitted to the degree requirement to meet the degree requirements."
These students have never seen an
adviser and are unsure of all the courses required for graduation, he said.
The records of students who have been admitted to the school are checked when they enroll for the spring semester, Shulenburg said. Students then can make any needed adjustments before graduation.
Fox said, "The more the students would see an adviser, the fewer participants."
If students seeking education degrees think an adviser did not tell them they were missing required information, they can petition to the school.
BUT SEEING AN adviser doesn't guarantee that students have completed all of the requirements, said Carrie Freesman, undergraduate records clerk at the school of nursing. He may have been seeing the same adviser for four years and still not have fulfilled all their requirements.
Students who win their petitions are allowed to graduate as long as the course they didn't complete was taught by her or teacher certification, she said.
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