Resources for Rehabilitationists

If you are a Speech and Language Therapist or Teacher of the Deaf with an interest in cochlear implants please see the information below. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Cochlear Implant Rehab Champions

The Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation Champions Scheme in Scotland has been set up to:

• Develop awareness of the referral and care pathway for children and young people that may benefit from cochlear implants. 
• Provide training/conference opportunities in the wider field of CI. 
• Provide training regarding new technology released within the field of CI. 
• Provide training on or development of new resources in (re)habilitation. 
• Discuss provision of resource across council areas with reference to reports such as CRIDE 2024 and ongoing work within the SLT Clinical Excellence Network Scotland. 
• Network with other TODCYPs and SLTs.  
• Discuss and plan provision with 0-18 year age group of Deaf children and young people. 

If you are interested in becoming a CI Rehab Champion please contact us.

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Scottish Cochlear Implant Programme Resources

Please see our patient pages for Scottish Cochlear Implant Programme rehabilitation resources.

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Company resources

Implant manufacturing companies have a range of resources  to support professionals and cochlear implant users and their families on their listening journey.  Please see links below (each with a section for adults and children) to access these. Please note this section links to external websites.  

Advanced Bionics

• Adults

  • ListenFit app This app offers different tests designed to check your listening ability

  • Hearing Success  This website gives you access to lots of listening activities.  You need to register and make an account to access these.

  • Word success on Google Play.  Word Success on Apple Store.  This app helps you practice listeniing to words in quiet and noise.

 

• Children

  • Hearing Success This website gives you access to lots of listening activities.  You need to register and make an account to access these.

  • Tools for Schools.  This website provides resources for babies and toddlers as well as school age children. 

  • BabyBeats on Google Play.  BabyBeats on Apple Store.  This app provides a fun way to practice movement and music as well as symbolic sounds and words.

 

Cochlear

• Adults

  • Auditory Training Exercises.  this resource helps CI users practice listening by using targeted listening exercises at different levels of difficulty.
  • Cochlear Co-Pilot.  This is an app that allows CI users to practice listening and communication skills
  • Reconnect with the joy of music.  This information page gives top tips for adult CI users wishing to improve their music listening skills.
  • Teens and Adults Rehabilitation Page with lots of information about how to develop listening skills

 

• Children

  • Sound Foundation for Babies.  This resource provides downloadable weekly lesson plans for 40 weeks from switch on.  They focus on listening using fun games, stories and songs.
  • Sound Foundation for Toddlers.  
  • Sound Foundation for Children
  • Listen, Learn and Talk was developed for babies under 12 months
  • Resources for teens.  The links on this page provide support for teenagers, their families and their professional support team.
  • LEAPing on with language.  Fun games and activities toprogress language skills.
  • Babies and Toddler rehab page
  • School age Children page including class room guides

 

MedEl

• Adults

  • Adult rehabilitation kits.  These kits allow adults with CI to practice their listeniing and communication skills with a partner or hearing professional.
  • Rehabilitation downloads for adults.  This webpage provides links to downloads for a variety of useful resources for adults

 

• Children

  • Rehabilitation downloads for Children.  This website has lots of downloadable resources for professionals to support children with cochlear implants.  it includes 'all about me' and strategies cards as well as detailed, fun, themed lesson kits that help a child to develop their listening and language skills (with increasing levels of difficulty).  It also contains professionals assessments such as 'Little Ears' diaries and minimal pairs test.  

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