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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 [...]

Music can positively affect a child’s whole development since it allows them to develop a wide range of skills. These include communication, listening, language, cognitive, fine and gross motor, [...]

How can I know whether a child hears a sound well enough to identify it? Which speech sounds do children typically master earliest following implantation? Is it ‘normal’ for a three-year-old to [...]

We have received positive feedback from hearing professionals using our Adult Rehabilitation Kits to provide auditory rehabilitation in clinical settings. There is growing evidence to support a [...]

Auditory working memory is the process of remembering and working with sounds previously heard and no longer present in the environment [1]. As auditory information is received, it must be [...]

The earlier a child with hearing loss and their family can begin intervention, the better for the child’s long-term communication outcomes. [1, 2]  However rehabilitation professionals may feel [...]

Since our Adult Rehabilitation Kits have been quite popular, we’re planning to release four more free kits throughout 2022. These new kits will all be suitable for adult as well as teenage [...]

Is it important that a child stacks blocks? Does it matter if a child does not find an object hidden in front of them? A child is becoming defiant. Is that ok? At specific ages, the answer to [...]

What is Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder? Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is a group—or spectrum—of hearing disorders that affects how sound is sent from the inner hair cells of [...]

Many families wait a long amount of time for their baby’s cochlear implant surgery and for their child to gain optimal access to sound. While some professionals and caregivers think paediatric [...]