Tips & Tricks

3 Tips for When it’s Hard to Communicate With a Child with a Hearing Implant

A cochlear implant can help your child to listen and communicate in amazing ways, but like everybody sometimes your child might find it hard to communicate in a conversation. Often this is because your child, or the person he or she is communicating with, just doesn’t understand what’s being said. So, when you’re talking with

What is an Audiologist? (and Other Hearing Loss Professionals Defined)

Receiving a cochlear implant isn’t a solitary process. If you or a family member are considering a cochlear implant, there are lots of doctors and other medical professionals that you’ll meet along the way. Each of these professionals has from a different background and has a different specialty. They’ll work in collaboration with each recipient,

12 Factors That Influence Listening and Language With Cochlear Implants for Children

If your child was born with a significant sensorineural hearing loss, a cochlear implant can be one of the best ways to help them connect with the world of sound. Because every child’s hearing loss is different, each will hear and develop differently after receiving a cochlear implant. So to help you understand more about

Help Your Child’s Develop Listening Skills with an Experience Book

An experience book is like a diary, except it is made for you and your child to read together. For a child with hearing loss, an experience book can be a very valuable tool for learning and practicing the listening and communication skills that he or she will use throughout life. They’re easy to put