August 2003 - Interested in the latest thinking
regarding how a person's hearing history affects their speech
understanding with a CI? Then check out Dr.
Shannon's workshop from the SHHH convention.
February 2004 - Most people who receive cochlear
implants report that it takes them a while to get used to the sound from
the implant. Voices may initially sound like Donald Duck or the
Chipmunks, and gradually come to sound like the recipient remembers.
Scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine are now
reporting that people may be able to hasten the
adjustment process by being introduced to the CI sound gradually.
February 2006 - Learning
to Hear Again: Cochlear Implant Audiologic Rehabilitation Guide for
Adults
October 2006 - Here's the most comprehensive list
of resources for cochlear implant aural rehabilitation we've seen!
September 2007 -
Neuroimaging and Cochlear Implants: A Look at How the Brain Hears
October 2007 -
Free Websites for CI Auditory Rehab
June 2008 -
Speech Sounds: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
December 2008 -
Free CI
Rehabilitation Tool from Med-El
April 2009 - Cochlear
Americas Introduces Listening Rehabilitation Program
January 2010 - Music therapy can assist
toddlers' post-CI communication rehabilitation process
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February
2006
The
progress made over the last decade in cochlear implants, surgical
techniques, and speech processing strategies has been phenomenal. There
has been vast improvement in functional outcomes when comparing early
single channel devices, which provided basic speech awareness and
improved speechreading ability, to current digitally-based technology,
where open-set speech recognition no longer amazes the clinician. With
improved technology and outcomes, some assume the adult cochlear implant
user no longer requires audiologic rehabilitation. Is it appropriate to
omit audiologic rehabilitation because the patient is "doing pretty
good" without training? Is "good enough" adequate, when
additional rehabilitative procedures could insure that the patient is
performing at his or her optimal level?
Full
Story
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October 2007
Karen Snell, a professor at NTID, has come up with
this list of free websites that contain auditory material suitable for
auditory rehabilitation practice for folks with CIs.
http://www.meryl.net/ci/archives/002676.html
http://dailyesl.com/
http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/
http://www.findsounds.com/types.html
http://lyrics.astraweb.com
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June 2008
Learning to communicate with spoken language is most
effective through meaningful and enjoyable experiences that integrate
listening, speech, language, reading and thinking. When listening and
talking are relevant and positive, spoken communication can emerge in a
natural way for children who are deaf. There is no single method that works
best for teaching speech to all children who are deaf, and Speech Sounds is
simply one approach. It is based on the premise that young children with
cochlear implant(s) need to be exposed to all speech sounds through
listening as a building. Read the Full Introduction to Speech Sounds
here.
