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Show 6A Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, October 3, 198 Family, PIP Teaches Bret to Understand Bound r'JUDY JENSEN . Review Correspondent CENTERVILLE The neighborhood children think this is the craziest house on the block," laughed Marilyn Hymas, TWhcn they ring the doorbell we call out, ring some more." What the children dont realize is that they are helping to teach 1 -- . . year-old She said they are given an assignment each week to help stimulate Brets hearing. She said its not unusual to find her hiding in a closet knocking on the inside of the door until Bret finds her. According to Mrs. Robinette even a child who is profoundly deaf usually has some degree of hearing and that hearing needs to be developed to its fullest potential. This can be done through parents and family members teaching the child in a variety of ways. Immediately after a child has been referred to the Parent-InfaProgram he is fitted for hearing aids. Infants as young as two months can benefit from hearing aids. The aid amplifies the sound around the child making it more noticible. To an infant who has been hearing impaired since birth, The Deaf. Bret Hymas to hear. On the other side of the door the three other Hymas children are helping also. They will point to their cars and say to Bret, I hear that did you hear that? Family members attempt to elicit a response from Bret, such as looking at a sound. In this way, he will learn to associate actions with resulting sounds. This is all part of the training method taught to the Hymas family through a program sponsored by the Utah School For According to Helen Robinette, the local representative of the Parent Infant Program, PIP, Bret is only one of many children throughout the United States who is being helped in the training. PIP was developed in Utah in 1970 by Dr.Tom Clark and has now grown into a nationwide program. The goal of the program is to locate hearing impaired infants and toddlers and teach their parents how to help them in their homes. Mrs. Robinette has made weekly visits to the Hymas home for the past 6 months. She was assigned to Bret after he had been diagnosed as being profoundly deaf. Helen has been supportive, I can tell her all my doubts and fears, said nt Mrs. Hymas. sound is not a dominant stimulus. The child must be made aware of the importance of sounds he does hear. According to Mrs. Robinette babies who are considered to be a high-ris- k infant, due to family background or birth circumstances, can be tested for a hearing loss at birth. Early detection is vital," she said, the optimum time to learn language is up to the age of two." She urges anyone who suspects their child has a hearing problem to get the child tested as soon as possible. Some early signs' of hearing loss would be changes in a babys vocalizations. All babies make gurgling and Cooing sounds, but at about six months of age if the child cannot hear himself the sounds will stop and the baby will become very quiet. Another indication of a hearing loss would be lack of response to loud noises. Normal responses would include blinking or stopping an activity and turning toward the sound. According to Mrs. Hymas they first suspected a problem when Bret was five months old. He Mrs. Hymas said she remem- the child will fight the hearing aids and parents will have to resort to taping them on. would talk and babble like any normal baby but then he got quiet. "Luckily," she continued, "I have a good pediatrician who didnt put me off and tell me it was just my imagination. When I called him, he immediately recommended testing, and by the time Bret was six months old he has been fitted for hearing aids." Mrs. Robinette explained, "a hearing child can hear noise in a range of 5 to 15 decibels, a profoundly deaf child hears sounds in the 90 to 100 decibel range, about the sound of a power bered one day putting Brets hearing aid back on, 10 times in 10 minutes," but she continued, now hes really good." she said they worked with Bret for four months without any progress, but, she added, "in just the a past few weeks hes tuned into few sounds and the minute his aids go in he starts making noises. According to Mrs. Robinette, PIP is currently working with 130 infants in Utah. Every par-eadvisor must, in addition to their special training, have a bachelors degree in audiology, speech pathology or a related nt field. Skip Reese, director of the Utah program said she feels if the parents are trained to work with their child the child will be able to reach his full potential. Mrs. Robinette said parents should not hesitate to call for a free hearing test if they feel there is a problem. The PIP motto is, We would rather test 24 children who can hear than to miss one who cant." Interested parents can call Skip Reese at the Utah School lawn mower. She said a hearing aid can improve that hearing to about a 60 decibel range. A hearing child takes about one year to learn language well enough to talk and according to Mrs. Robinette a hearing impaired child must be considered a newborn the day he gets his hearing aids. She said many parents expect too much, they want a immediate cure, but teaching a child to talk is a long involved process. She said many times . for the Deaf, 298-33- 1. 1 One young mother, Tricia Wilson, whose son Matthew has been working with the program, explained how successful it has been. We first suspected a problem when Matthew was 8 months old, but we didnt really get into the program until he was 14 months old. At that time Matthew could only' say one word, BRET HYMAS, a profoundly deaf child, is being taught by associate actions to given sounds. After the Hymas found out Bret had a hearing problem, they sought professional help from the Parent Infant Program which fitted Bret with a hearing aid and instructed the Hymas on how to develop Brets handicap. his mother, Marilyn Hymas, to Hazardous Waste Site f Hill Landfill Makes EPA List Hill AFBs landfill No. 4, an Review Staff j A; Hill Air Force Base landfill that caused contention in the past has' made a national list of Superfund hazardous waste sites. ;Tjie Environmental Protection Agencys list names 203 sites that afe potentially hazardous to public or environmental health. ;State environmental health officials do not know the ranking of the landfill on the list. ; Federal superfund monies would be used to clean up the hazardous waste areas. $ If any action is taken on the landfill, it will take a year to 18 tnonths, due to the bureaucratic process involved. Rep. James J. Florio, released the list Friday with accusations that the EPA suppressed he list for political reasons. Seven other sites in Utah made the list, one of them in Midvale considered the most dangerous in the hation. D-N.- J., proximately ap- parcel of 37-ac- re land, caused a momentary uproar this spring. It was discovered that toxic wastes were leaking from an unstable hillside into a canal suppling irrigation water to 40,000 residents. Base spokesman Len Barry said the situation had been monitored and base test results showed the landfill posed no threat to the public. A $1.7 million project to con- tain the leaching chemicals should be completed by the end of September. power to do so even on federal installations. State health officials are not convinced the effort will contain the chemicals, leaching out the hillside through underground water seeping up and out. A contingency plan should be developed in case the project doesnt contain the chemicals, said Marvin Maxell, the assistant director of the states division of environmental health. There have been continuous discussions between state health officers and base officials. A letter was issued by the states Water Pollution Control Committee, ordering the, base to stop the leaching chemi- cals from entering a public water supply. Both base officials and state en- vironmental health officials say they dont know for sure every type of toxic waste the landfill contains. cease-and-des- Construction of the clay cap and slurry wall began a few months ago, using federal money designated for cleanup of hazardous waste sites on military bases. However, if the EPA declares the site to be an imminent health hazard, the agency can move in immediately and take control of the situation. The agency the Review Staff BOUNTIFUL Several Bountiful ordinances regulating alcohol and business licenses were amended recently and a couple .others are being reviewed by the city council. - Renewal fees for alcohol and intoxicating liquor licenses will now be due on February 15 with a penalty for late payment. City Planner Reed Boothe said that .there was no deadline in the previous ordinance. Solicitors licenses went from $10 to $20 for door to door sales; men. The council will consider changing the definition of temporary business licenses to include solicitors and will update the section concerning site plan reI quirements and new sign require ments for businesses. Temporary business licenses are $150 for 120 days. Mayor Dean Stahle said the purpose was not to raise money for the city, but to regulate temporary businesses. Street vendors selling fruit or fish from the back of trucks are in that category. Ice cream trucks are also included under the definition. One businessman complained to the council that he wished to sell snow cones from a street vehicle but his profit would be wiped out by the license fee. The council agreed that $150 was probably too much for ice cream trucks and will review the ordinance. The amusement device ordinance was amended charging a flat fee per video or ll machine rather than pin-ba- pro-ratin- Meeting Due to the Columbus Day on Oct. 8, the October meeting of the Bountiful Chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees has been canceled. Instead, all NARFE members are invited to attend the October 5 meeting of the AARPDRSEA at the Golden Years Center at 1 12:30 p.m. A Program of general interest to all senior citizens will be pres- ented. The next scheduled meeting of the NARFE Bountiful Chapter will be held at the Golden Years Center on November 12 at 12:30 p.m. g. Fire Prevention Week Events Set For Fire Pre- BOUNTIFUL the ,'vention Week Oct. will Fire Department jBountiful ,'hold open houses at its headquar200 South, 'ters station, 65 West and Station No. 2. I&95 S. Boun- t 2, tiful Blvd. open houses will be from 6 until 9 p.m. On display will be the stations fire fighting apparatus. Fire hats will be given away and films on All fire prevention will bjfhown. h. At first he fought was saying, Im here, fessional, I can help. Im a pro- Request to Stop Plant Not Legal In a g dispute, a Clearfield man may attempt to stop the proposed burn plant development with a court order. A county attorney said he can file the request, but it wont have a long-runnin- legal effect. The Clearfield City Council unanimously voted against particd speipating in the cial solid waste service district that will allow the plant. The resident wont have a say in district activities, since his city voted against being included. James Hurst said he may be in newly-forme- at a district court. No written protests from residents within the district were filed with the county clerks office. The district includes every city in the county except for Clearfield and Bountiful, whos city councils voted against joining. Hess said that steps taken in the district formation complied absolutely with state code. However, county officials cannot locate the proposed plant within city limits, if a city opposes the site. volved with a court proceedings against the district and the con- templated resource recovery plant, when he discovers where the plant site will be located. He said he would file the request in the second district court Lay-to- in Clearfield. But only residents who filed a written protest 15 days after the public hearing on Sept. 5, and who are qualified voters in the district, or who own property included within the district have 30 days to apply for a writ of review. 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