Children
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Cochlear Implants for children
Cochlear implants can be a successful hearing device option for children with a significant hearing loss. It is important that children have access to the sounds of speech from a young age, to enable speech and language to develop optimally. The Cochlear...
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Children learning to listen
While appropriate programming (“Mapping”) of a cochlear implant will ensure a child can hear sound through the cochlear implant, therapy sessions will focus on developing a child’s listening skills with their cochlear implant. It takes...
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Achieving best outcomes
The extent to which a child will use the auditory information provided by a cochlear implant to develop spoken language skills is affected by factors the child brings to the learning environment, characteristics of the child’s intervention program...
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Resources
Below are some links we have found which are useful for families when first beginning to use hearing aids and/or cochlear implants. Strategies for keeping hearing aids or cochlear implants on your child’s ears Your child needs to wear their hearing...