So your child’s gotten her cochlear implant, and has started to develop listening skills. Now what—once she’s started hearing sounds, what can you do to help? Here are some games that you can play with a child who’s had her cochlear implant for about a year. The best thing to do is to start simple and focus on
Here’s the third in our four-part miniseries about choosing the right Assistive Listening Device (ALD) depending on what situation you’re in. Our first posts covered listening to music and watching TV, and now we’ll head out to school or work.
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, which are the layers that surround the brain and spinal cord. You have menges because they’re supposed to protect your nervous system, but unfortunately sometimes they can do the exact opposite: inflame and damage your nerves.
If you’ve just received a hearing implant there might be a bunch of hearing related terms, words, and definitions that you’re just learning about for the first time. Or even if you’ve had an implant for a while one term that you’re not familiar might just pop up. This can happen when you’re going through
Here’s the second in our four-part miniseries about choosing the right Assistive Listening Device (ALD) depending on what situation you’re in. Our first post covered listening to music, and now we’ll sit down and watch TV. With so many different Assistive Listening Devices out there, how can you choose the best ALD for watching TV?
If your child has just received a cochlear implant, she’ll likely be taking her first steps in building her language and communication abilities. In this time it’s possible that she’ll get frustrated when trying to communicate with other people. It’s like the terrible twos of cochlear implants. As a parent, there are lots of ways
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