Whether you’re enjoying the sunny spring showers in the Northern Hemisphere, or watching the leaves change color during autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, the changing of season is a great time to extend your child’s listening skills. Go outside with your child, enjoy the changing of weather, and use these listening activities to help build
When you or your child start your rehabilitation journey with a hearing implant, more than likely you will come across the Ling Six Sound Test. It’s a simple way to check if someone can hear the speech sounds that they need to build their listening and speaking skills.
In our everyday environment we are surrounded by an endless array of sounds. For example running water, alert beeps, door bells, footsteps, washing machines whirring, coughing, and sneezing. Help your child to attend to and recognise these environmental sounds as they begin to explore their listening world.
An important goal for many hearing implant recipients is successful communication with people in a range of environments, including family and social events, at work, or in the car. The Hear Today resource from MED-EL offers listening activities to open up your world of communication. Hear Today is a resource developed by MED-EL for young
To help celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, we’re introducing you to some of the women behind your hearing. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is #BeBoldForChange, and at MED-EL, we aim to embody those very words. You may know about our CEO and Founder, Ingeborg Hochmair, who created the world’s first microelectronic
When a child receives a hearing implant they gain access to sound, and their listening skills begin to develop in stages. The very first step is building your child’s auditory awareness, which is being able to recognize the presence and absence of sound. Of all the sounds in a child’s environment, the human voice is
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