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Kristian Erickson from Alaska has one big passion: studying foreign languages. But his progressive hearing loss made mastering them increasingly difficult – until he got cochlear implants, [...]

Today’s Rehab At Home post is about using small, daily problems that come up at home to teach your child new language. We’re going to look more at how we can identify opportunities that arise [...]

A few months ago we introduced you to Robert from Austria, who decided to get ADHEAR, a non-surgical bone conduction solution, after having multiple cholesteatoma operations. Recently, Robert [...]

Today’s Rehab At Home post is about “Acoustic Highlighting“. This is a simple technique that you can use throughout your day when talking with your child. We’re going to look more at what [...]

Today’s Rehab At Home post is about “Auditory Memory“. Although, you may not have heard of this term before, it is important as it allows us to communicate with other people in everyday life. For [...]

Today’s Rehab At Home post is about “Expansion and Extension“. This is another strategy you can use at home with your child to develop their use of spoken language. If your child is using single [...]

Today’s Rehab At Home post is about “Listening first”. This strategy is about providing your child with auditory information first, before giving visual cues—in other words, adding words to your [...]

A middle ear infection — also known as otitis media — happens when your middle ear becomes infected and fills up with fluid. This makes your ear hurt (a lot!) and also makes it difficult to hear [...]

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 [...]

Parents of children with hearing loss are more likely to focus on teaching their child ‘concrete’ language—for example objects, actions, colors and numbers. Parents are likely to use less [...]