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School resource center

The Cochlear School Resource Center is designed to assist educational professionals, pediatric and educational audiologists with quick access to tools and material to meet the auditory accessibility needs of school-aged children with cochlear implants, a Baha® System or significant hearing loss.

Classroom tools

Wireless Technology in the Classroom

A comprehensive guide to assist parents, teachers, educational audiologists and other school professionals in the selection, fitting and monitoring of assistive wireless technology for Nucleus® Cochlear Implant and Baha® System recipients.

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Back to School Guide for Parents and Teachers

It's time to get back to school! Explore these simple tips and tools to help students thrive as they get back into the classroom.

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Progressive Hearing Loss in School-Aged Children

Available resources and helpful tips for educators and parents to help recognize and treat progressive hearing loss in school-aged children

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Ling-6 Printable Cards

This resource teaches parents and school professionals how to use the Ling Sounds Test (1) to confirm device function and measure discrimination. The resource contains printable cards that can be used during the test.

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Classroom+ Kit Information

The Classroom+ Kits are available for schools to order to help with the fitting and monitoring of assistive listening technology in the classroom.

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Pediatric Loudness Scale

The pediatric loudness scale is designed to assist in discriminating soft from loud sounds for children.

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The Whole World is a Classroom

For a child, the whole world is a classroom. Bring them closer to sound with Cochlear True Wireless™ technology.

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Pediatric Coloring Books

The coloring books will take your child on Kaci's and Vibe's hearing adventures! Read how Kaci and Vibe hear with their Cochlear implantable solutions and have fun coloring the pictures.

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Early Access to Sound Tear-Off Pad

Hearing is the process of sound travelling through your child's ears, but it's actually their brain that interprets what they hear. Selecting the most appropriate hearing technology is critical to your child's success

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Early Intervention Counseling Tool

We understand it takes a village to raise a child with hearing loss and we are committed to partnering with you along a child's hearing journey. With access to a wealth of products, services and resources to enrich their hearing progress, a child with hearing loss can experience a world of possibilities.

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Rehabilitation resources

Pediatric Growth Chart (English and Spanish)

This chart describes speech and language expectations at different ages. Use it to be sure a child is on track or print out for use as a reference.

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Sound Foundation for Babies

This series will provide practical goals in the areas of audition, language and speech for babies 9-24 months. It provides parents and early intervention providers guidance in developing a child's spoken language through listening.

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Sound Foundation for Toddlers

This series will provide practical goals in the areas of audition, language and speech for toddlers aged 24-48 months. It provides parents and early intervention providers guidance in developing a child's spoken language through listening.

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Integrated Scales of Development (ISD)

The Integrated Scales of Development supports the monitoring and tracking of the child's development from birth to 48 months in the areas of: Listening, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Speech, Cognition and Pragmatics.

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My Experience Book

Experience books are fun, engaging and highly motivating and they are a great way to teach language to children of any age. Learn more about creating your own experience book with this resource.

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Sound Foundation for Children

This series will provide practical goals in the areas of audition, language and speech for school-aged children. It provides parents, carers and educators guidance in helping to develop a child's spoken language through listening.

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LEAPing on with Language

This resource provides practical strategies to accelerate spoken language learning for school-aged children who have acquired simple sentences but need to move beyond into understanding and using increasingly complex language.

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The Bucket of Butterflies

The Bucket of Butterflies is a series of activities that will inspire hours of fun! The activities are designed to be adjusted for different development areas for each child and present flexibility for use with different speech and language goals.

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Spoken Language Development

The benchmarks for spoken language development with the cochlear implant are of particular interest to speech language pathologists and teachers of deaf children. The following outlines general expectations for language development in light of cochlear implantation.

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Issues in Mainstreaming

The decision to mainstream a child with a cochlear implant is a complex one that requires careful consideration of a number of factors, each of which contributes to mainstream success. Outlined below are important child readiness factors, receiving school readiness factors and parent readiness factors that will require consideration to make a mainstream recommendation with confidence.

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Issues in Reading

The critical role that well-developed spoken language plays in the development of literacy skills cannot be overstated. Thus, it follows that children with cochlear implants may bring skills to the reading task that might assist them, first, in learning to read and, later, in reading to learn. The following article explores the relationship between auditory access and the development of reading comprehension.

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The Newly Implanted Child

Children may now receive a cochlear implant as early as 9 months of age.* Implantation at this early age affords a child an excellent opportunity for developing spoken language abilities comparable to sameage peers, but requires that habilitation begins early as well. The following article addresses considerations for designing a comprehensive intervention plan for newly implanted young children.

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The Newly Implanted Preschooler

While cochlear implantation is available for children as young as 9 months of age,* some children receive implants at a later time. These children have an excellent opportunity to catch up to their hearing peers, especially if they receive a habilitation program that takes into account their auditory and language experiences prior to implantation. The following article addresses considerations for designing a comprehensive intervention plan for newly implanted preschool aged children.

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The Newly Implanted School-Age Child

Children may enter the implant process at any time after 9 months of age.* Those implant candidates who present during the "school-age years," between approximately five and 12 years old, will need habilitation that takes into account their auditory and language experiences prior to implantation. The following article addresses the need for individualization in designing intervention for newly implanted, school-age children.

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My Cochlear Journey Social Media Milestone Cards

Celebrate some of your child's key hearing milestones by using the downloadable My Journey Milestone Cards! Every time your child reaches one of these milestones, take a picture of your child with the card! Post your picture on Facebook and be sure to include the hashtag #MyCochlearMilestones! We can't wait to see your child's progress!

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HOPE: Fun and Games

Whether your child is home from school for the day, off on a vacation or just relaxing on the weekend, you may feel challenged to keep him or her busy with activities that will provide support for the development of speech, language and auditory skills. The "Fun and Games" series offers great resources for activities that will meet those needs. This brochure provides easy and practical ideas for helping your child learn and expand their language skills in a fun and engaging way.

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Device Support

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Disclaimer

* In the United States, the cochlear implant system is intended for use in children 9 to 24 months of age who have bilateral profound sensorineural deafness and demonstrate limited benefit from appropriate binaural hearing aids. Children two years of age or older may demonstrate severe to profound hearing loss bilaterally. In Canada, the cochlear implant system is intended for use in children 12 to 24 months of age who have bilateral profound sensorineural deafness and demonstrate limited benefit from appropriate binaural hearing aids. Children two years of age or older may demonstrate severe to profound hearing loss bilaterally.

References

  1. Ling, D. (1989). Foundations of spoken language for the hearing-impaired child. Washington, DC: Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf. Page 1.