For some people with bilateral hearing loss, a hearing aid may provide enough amplification for one ear, but a cochlear implant may be appropriate for more severe hearing loss in the other ear. Aural rehabilitation can help these users get the most out of both hearing devices.
Play sounds can not only be used capture young children’s listening attention. They can also be a highly effective way to help children learn to process auditory information. By integrating them into your auditory rehabilitation practice, you can help kick-start their listening and language development while having fun.
Hearing loss is a subject encountered daily by many people, but whether at work or in their private lives, some people may not understand how to approach people who use cochlear implants and other hearing devices. The MED-EL Hearing Poster series aims to bridge that gap in knowledge by providing simple, easily digestible bites of information that anyone can understand and incorporate into their daily lives.
We provide a wide variety of resources for audiologists and speech-language pathologists to assist you in supporting your patients with MED-EL hearing devices on their hearing journey and in achieving their goals and communication potential.
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.
The tendency toward early diagnosis and intervention for children with hearing loss requires diagnostic tools to assess and monitor early development. When providing intervention to young children with hearing loss, professionals need to be aware not only of speech and language milestones but also to monitor auditory development. Auditory skills are the basis for spoken
