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As a caregiver of a child with a cochlear implant, your role is essential in supporting your child’s speech development. While therapy sessions provide the foundation, the true impact happens at home where your child practices the strategies learned in therapy in natural, everyday situations. To help you remember the strategies introduced to you by your therapist, MED-EL has designed a practical tool: Essential Strategy Cards.

If you're seeking a tool to practice your listening and speech skills, we have you covered. Welcome to the world of ReDi (Rehabilitation Digital), your AI-powered assistant for cochlear implant auditory and speech training.

Screens are a part of everyday life, both at work and in our free time. We use them to communicate with others, read, watch television and films, listen to music, play games, draw, attend meetings, write, browse social media, and more. As devices are used in so many ways in our lives, it is essential that we know how to use them to our best advantage so that they can be learning tools for children with hearing implants. Remember that the most valuable tool for learning with tablets is you. When you sit together with your child, the fun and learning can begin! Here are some tips for using tablets to help your child with a hearing implant learn.

Preschool and school-aged children receiving implants may have had some hearing, speech, and language before implantation. But even so, the time after activation is an adjustment period as they hear both new and familiar speech sounds. Here are some strategies caregivers can use to support their preschool and school-aged children to achieve success with their speech.

The earlier a child with hearing loss and their family begins intervention, the better for the child’s long-term communication outcomes. In this blog, we look at some tips for getting support, tactics you can try at home, and share a free resource to use with your baby.

Lots of kids love Halloween, so use that enthusiasm to get them excited about learning, too. With fun, holiday-themed activities, they won’t even realize they’re training their ears.