The effects of deafblindness vary depending on the degree of vision or hearing loss but can impact communication, mobility, and access to information. It is therefore imperative that teachers and healthcare professionals adopt a collaborative approach to ensure the best outcomes while addressing the diverse needs of individuals within this population.
Music plays a significant role in our social connectiveness and quality of life. While adults typically receive hearing implants to aid spoken communication, music appreciation is also important.
The MED-EL Adult Rehabilitation Kits (ARKs) offer guidance to professionals to provide hearing implant rehabilitation to adult recipients. In this article, we are sharing the final Adult Rehabilitation Kit (ARK) in our series. This resource contains a lesson plan, complete with suggestions for goals and activities. The kit also includes resources and ready-to-use handouts for
As travel starts again in some parts of the world and restrictions are slowly lifting, more cochlear implant recipients will be traveling between and within countries. Our latest Adult Rehabilitation Kit “Getting There” includes strategies to manage travel and listening activities based around this topic. Travel Tips for Cochlear Implant Recipients Restrictions on travel have
2021 marks the beginning of the United Nation’s Decade of Healthy Aging, an initiative to support adults across the world to live fulfilling, inclusive, and healthier lives. We know that hearing loss can be a major barrier to achieving healthy and fulfilling final decades of life for many. In this article, we will explore how
