Resources

This brochure is suitable for adults who have a cochlear implant and those considering getting a cochlear implant. The brochure is a comprehensive guide to issues surrounding cochlear implantation in adults, with the main focus on rehabilitation. Topics discussed include: information about cochlear implants, benefits of a cochlear implant, listening to everyday sounds, speech understanding, improved speech, listening in background noise, living and hearing with a cochlear implant, maximising listening and communication, auditory rehabilitation, care and maintenance of the Device, and available resources for cochlear implant recipients.

How to make more out of my CI is available in English.

" Listen Hear!” is a series of newsletters for professionals, written by Geoff Plant. “ Listen, Hear!” is issued four times a year. Topics covered include: Using PowerPoint® for Testing and Training, Why I Love to Use Rebuses in My Work, Music for Adults with Cochlear Implants, TeenTrain, Using rhyme and rhythm with children, Listening for /s/, Learning from the 500 most commonly used words, The Barrier Game; Speech Tracking, Modifications to Speech Tracking, The Six-Sound Test, Looking at Vowels, Looking at Nasals, Deaf Characters in Popular Fiction and Subtle Differences.

The Listen, Hear! series of newsletters is available in English.

“Hearing Loss: Options for your child” is intended for parents in the process of diagnosis of hearing loss following newborn hearing screening. The booklet is designed to provide information about hearing loss and the effects that hearing loss has on sounds heard. Possible amplification options are reviewed and information on approaches to communication is discussed.

Hearing Loss: Options for your child is available in English, German and Spanish.

“Telephone Training Tips” offers a concise overview of the key issues involved in successful telephone training for cochlear implant users. Designed for audiologists and speech therapists, the brochure outlines various approaches to training, and provides references for further information. Topics covered in the brochure include: aims of telephone training, assessment of telephone use, knowing telephone etiquette, therapy guidelines, telephone alternatives and accessories, and useful references.

Telephone Training is available in English, French, German, Dutch and Spanish.

“The Educator’s CD” was designed as a “must have” resource specifically for teachers, rehabilitation specialists, speech
pathologists, early interventionists and audiologists. This valuable CD contains three comprehensive manuals, the
Handbook for Educators, Handling and Troubleshooting the TEMPO+ and the Guide to FM Systems for the TEMPO+.
Also included in the Educator’s CD is the Communication Options and Educational Placements booklet and the
“Understanding Cochlear Implants” movie that is subtitled in English and Spanish. Each of these materials is described in the following pages.

Format:
CD-ROM

Recommended ages:
All ages, professionals
and parents

Cost: Free

Available languages:
English (included movie
is subtitled in Spanish)