A10.2: Web Evaluation II
Source:
Heavner, K. (2008). Literacy and cochlear implants. Advanced Bionics. Retrieved October 28, 2008, from http://www.bionicear.com/Support_Center/Educational_Support/eLearning_Library/Candidates,%20Recipients%20and%20Parents/Rehabilitation/Literacy_and_Cochlear_Implants.cfm?langid=1
Authorship:
The author of this page is clearly stated at the bottom of the page along with a short biography. She is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, and has been working since 1999. It also says that she has been working with University of Michigan Cochlear Implant Program from 2001-2006, and is now a consultant at Advanced Bionics. It also lists her interests in research which include spoken language outcomes with the Auditory-Verbal approach, and she has presented many national cochlear implant meetings on this topic. Then it gives a little personal information about where she lives and her family. I feel that is this is sufficient information to trust what is listed on this website.
Publishing Body:
The name of the organization is listed on this site and it is called Advanced Bionics. The author is a consultant for this company. There is also a link to the company so that you can contact them if you need to. There are not any headers, footers, or a distinctive watermarks to link this site with an academic or scholarly Web site. It is linked to the site of Advance Bionics where you can purchase an implant from this company and see success stories. I however, do not know if this company is known in our field, but I am only a student at this time. This organization should be allowed to talk about this subject because they sell and lead you through the steps of cochlear implants so they defiantly should be able to tell you what they will have to go through and what the outcome could lead to. It is also linked to an official website.
Point of view or biases:
This site is directed toward and sells cochlear implants so they are going to show good things about them. The link that I am looking up however from this website is about literacy methods used with children with hearing loss, and offers specific strategies that follow a normal developmental approach to reading. So it is would not be as biased as the information on this site about he actual cochlear implant.
Referral to and/or knowledge of the literature:
The author of this site displays a biography that tells of all of her experience in the field and with aural rehabilitation.
Accuracy or verifiability of details:
When looking at the information that she presents in the presentations on the website you can see that it includes in text citations to allow you to see that this information is in other sources and it is not just her coming up with the information.
This websites does not include the date that it was published or the day that it was last updated, but it does include a copyright date. It also includes the dates to which the information that she is using in her presentation was copyrighted letting you know when the information she used was published.
