If you already had good communication skills before you lost your hearing, you might be wondering why you would need someone to help with your rehabilitation at home. The primary role of a communication partner is to help you complete the activities given by your rehabilitation professional. A communication partner is someone who will analyse
Home is a place of comfort, safety, love, meals, relaxation, importance, value, and endless communication. For a person with hearing loss or a hearing implant user, home can sometimes be a difficult place in terms of hearing ability. For example, a living room with high ceilings and hard floors can cause sound to echo, making
The holiday season is a perfect to try out new listening environments with your child with a hearing implant! During this time, you may visit family, go to parties, and attend special events such as carols and plays. These outings offer the perfect opportunity for your child to: explore new and exciting sounds learn new
Reading and writing will be some of the first skills that your child will learn as they begin school. They’ll be soon coming across brand new and more complicated terms like rhyme, syllables, alliteration. All of these terms we will cover in this post are important for helping your child to learn to read. In
In last week’s post we talked about how your hearing history may affect how you get on with your hearing implant. Here in part 2, we will share four key factors that can help you to get the most out of your hearing device. 1: Setting appropriate expectations. It’s important to take into account
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