If you’ve got a hearing loss, I know that sometimes it’s just hard to have a conversation or understand what’s being said. That’s why I’ve put together these tips that you can use to make every conversation a great conversation. They break down into two categories: ones you can use in advance, and ones you
Games and activities can be one of the best ways to help your child with a cochlear implant to develop speaking and listening skills. But if you’ve got a young child, under three years, I know that he or she might be easily distracted and unable to follow along with structured activities for very long.
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
Editor’s note: Don Liveley is a recipient of bilateral cochlear implants. In his previous posts on The MED-EL Blog he talked about his childhood with hearing loss, and receiving his cochlear implants. The physical disability of deafness is only a part of the equation of challenges we cochlear implant recipients face. The other part of
We already showed you some games that you can play to help your child develop his or her listening skills. But there are other things you can do! Here are 10 other auditory techniques or strategies that you can use throughout your day.
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