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    Listening and spoken language therapy teaches children how to listen with their cochlear implant and teaches parents how to help their child learn to listen and communicate. Therapists create individualized therapy plans to help children develop listening, speech, and language skills. Parents must participate in therapy daily to strengthen their child's hearing and language skills. Success with a cochlear implant depends on daily use of the implant combined with listening therapy.

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    Listening and spoken language therapy teaches children how to listen with their cochlear implant and teaches parents how to help their child learn to listen and communicate. Therapists create individualized therapy plans to help children develop listening, speech, and language skills. Parents must participate in therapy daily to strengthen their child's hearing and language skills. Success with a cochlear implant depends on daily use of the implant combined with listening therapy.

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    Cochlear Implant

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    Listening and spoken language therapy teaches children how to listen with their cochlear implant and teaches parents how to help their child learn to listen and communicate. Therapists create individualized therapy plans to help children develop listening, speech, and language skills. Parents must participate in therapy daily to strengthen their child's hearing and language skills. Success with a cochlear implant depends on daily use of the implant combined with listening therapy.

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    Spoken Language Therapy

    Exploring The Process of getting a


    a Cochlear cochlear implant Listening and spoken language therapy, also known
    as habilitation therapy, teaches children how to listen
    with their cochlear implant, and teaches parents how
    Implant The idea of implantation may evoke a range
    to help their child learn to listen and communicate.
    Change Hearing Loss Therapists that specialize in listening and spoken
    of feelings, including excitement, hope, or
    apprehension. Rest assured, cochlear language therapy understand how hearing, speech,
    implant surgery is relatively simple, and language evolve and will create an appropriate
    minimally invasive, and performed therapy plan to help your child develop these skills.
    Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant
    For many children, hearing aids are sufficient to thousands of times per year across the It is important to realize that parents and caregivers
    improve hearing to an acceptable level of benefit. world. must become involved in the therapy process and
    Cochlear implantation is considered for children who help their child strengthen his or her hearing and
    require access to sounds that hearing aids cannot Most children resume their regular activities language every day. You can find free activities that
    provide. To learn more about hearing loss visit within a couple of days. There are two help children learn to listen online at websites such as
    stages to getting a cochlear implant. First The Listening Room, www.thelisteningroom.com.
    your child will have
    the internal device placed during a surgical
    What is a cochlear implant? procedure. A few weeks later, once the surgical Success of cochlear implant
    site has healed, your child will be fit
    A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted device There are many well-known factors that contribute to
    with the external components.
    that uses state of the art technology to provide a child’s hearing potential after implantation. Length
    hearing to individuals with significant of deafness, previous experience with sound, age at
    hearing loss. Most children with cochlear implants Seeing Improvement implantation, and the family’s commitment to
    demonstrate improvement in their ability to hear, listening therapy are some of the main factors that
    understand speech, and develop help to determine success. The keys to maximizing a
    language. Your child will perceive sounds
    child’s hearing potential are daily full time use of the
    differently over the first days, weeks, and
    months after implantation. It is important cochlear implant combined with listening and spoken
    to keep in mind that it takes time, language therapy
    practice, and full time use of the device
    during all waking hours to hear with
    cochlear implants. It is a process, not an
    instant fix. Overtime many children with
    cochlear implants will learn to listen, talk,
    and attend mainstream schools.
    Candidacy for Cochlear Do all Implants
    Implant Work the Same? Visit for
    There are many well-known factors that No. Just as your child is unique, each
    cochlear implant system offers different
    more
    contribute to a child’s hearing potential after
    implantation. Length of deafness, previous
    experience with sound, age at implantation,
    features and technology. We know you
    have big dreams for your child and
    information
    Change Hearing Lost
    and the family’s commitment to listening family.
    therapy are some of the main factors that help
    to determine success. The keys to maximizing There is so much to learn about the
    a child’s hearing potential are daily full time amazing technology Advanced Bionics
    use of the cochlear implant combined with (AB) offers.
    listening and spoken language therapy

    Experience Life
    to the fullest

    Children 12 months of age and older with significant


    hearing loss may be candidates for a cochlear implant.
    Typically candidates are evaluated by a team and candidacy
    is determined on a case by case basis. Are you wondering if
    your Child is a Candidate for Cochlear Implants? Check all
    that apply to find out

    Phone: 682-792-3859 +1
    email: [email protected]

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