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A Pianist with a Cochlear Implant: Elizabeth’s Story
We’ve talked about how musical sounds can help to teach language to your child, and here are two more ways that you can build these skills: with rhymes and songs. When playing these games it can help to use child-directed speech; because child-directed speech helps you talk to your child and share important information, in a
Magteld Smith is a MED-EL cochlear implant recipient and has been sharing her story of growing up with hearing loss here on the blog. This part of her story is from her childhood in the 1970s. I came from a very musical family. My father and eldest brother played the violin, my mother and sister
If your child has just received a cochlear implant it’s important that you give them as many opportunities as possible to hear a variety of sounds. By helping your child to hear and engage with sounds you’ll build their listening skills, and ultimately their language skills. Here are some ways you can start. Start Early,