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Experience books are a fun, easy, and inexpensive way to develop your child’s listening, language, and speech skills. We’re going to look more at what an experience book is and explain some ways [...]

Whether it’s for checking your Instagram account, looking up directions or just making good old fashioned phone calls, smartphones have infinite uses. You can even use them to help build your [...]

Today’s Rehab At Home post is about rhyming. Recognising and generating rhyming words is an important skill for your child to master before learning to read and write.   Why Is Rhyming [...]

Today’s Rehab At Home post is about the Ling Six Sound Test. The Ling Test is a simple activity you can do each morning to check your child can hear all of the sounds of speech with their [...]

We chat with 24-year-old Max about his first memories as a cochlear implant user, his thoughts on technological developments in the past decades, and what he appreciates most about his hearing.

Learning time isn’t just during rehabilitation sessions—language learning happens every single hour of your child’s life while using their cochlear implant! A car beeping, a squeaky shopping [...]

Have you ever wanted to hear straight from another parent about what it’s like to have a child with hearing loss? Mothers know best, as they say! Meet Chelsea, whose one-year-old son Elijah is a [...]

Once your child has their cochlear implant and can hear their own voice, they will begin to play with making their first sounds. This is the perfect time to encourage your child to learn and make [...]

Learning a language happens in stages. There are lots of different rules and exceptions, and this is especially true for learning past tense verbs.

Hearing better happens with early and meaningful exposure to sounds. It is the best way to help a child develop their listening and spoken communication.