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Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Catalogue Resources for Parents, Recipients and Professionals

At MED-EL, we understand that providing the best possible hearing implant solution is only one essential element in the process of learning to hear. (Re)habilitation following implantation is a very important part of achieving the best possible outcomes in hearing and language development as quickly as possible. Our team of rehabilitation specialists at MED-EL, in cooperation with leading experts worldwide, has developed a range of resources to help support the growth and development of listening and language skills. Information and materials are offered which support the needs of adults, teens and children, as well as their parents, audiologists, speech therapists and teachers. MED-EL is committed to developing and disseminating (re)habilitation services for individuals with hearing implants all around the world. You will see within this catalogue resources which are available in many of the world s languages. I hope you enjoy using the resources we have developed for you. If you have any feedback or suggestions for our rehabilitation team, please don t hesitate to contact us at: rehabilitation@medel.com Kind regards Joanna Shepherd Head of Rehabilitation 1

CONTENT PAEDIATRICS 4 Common Objects Token (COT) Test 6 Little Listeners 6 KidTrax 6 Lesson Kits 7 LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire 8 LittlEARS My Diary 8 LittlEARS Diary Activities 8 EARS Evaluating Auditory Responses to Speech 9 Ling Six Sound Cards 10 Loudness Perception Scale 10 Dual-Language Learning for Children With Hearing Loss 10 Listen and Play! 11 Hearing Implants and the Classroom 12 The First Steps: A Parent s Guide to Cochlear Implants 12 Learning to Hear: A Parent s Guide to CI Rehabilitation 12 A Child s Journey 13 WE CAN! 14 All in a Day 14 Murat Goes Shopping 14 Auditory Skills Checklist 15 MELLIE THE MED-ELEPHANT 16 M-TEAM 18 2

TEENS 20 TeenEARS 21 TesTrax 21 Tools for Teens 21 ADULTS 22 Smart Tips for Cochlear Implant Users 24 Telephone Training Tips 24 Sound Localization 24 Hear Today 25 Hearing Implant Sound Quality Index (HISQUI 19 ) 26 The First Steps: A Guide to Cochlear Implants 26 Hear Your Best: A Guide to Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation 26 Hear at Home 27 MUSIC 28 Musical EARS 30 Music and Young Children With CIs 30 Munich Music Questionnaire 31 Music Tips for Adults 31 DIGITAL RESOURCES 32 MED-EL Blog 32 Auditory Skills Checklist App 34 COT Test App 34 Hear Today App 35 MED-EL Rehabilitation Bookshelf 35 Listen Up! / Listening Up! 36 Continents & Oceans 36 MED-EL Asssessment Database 36 MED-EL Professionals Blog 37 3

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PAEDIATRIC ASSESSMENT & HABILITATION

PAEDIATRIC Common Objects Token (COT) Test The Common Objects Token (COT) Test is a resource for professionals designed to evaluate auditory speech perception and auditory memory skills of children with hearing loss. It aims to assess a child s skills at the transition level between basic closed set tasks and open set tasks. Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Marathi, Mirpuri Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish, Urdu Common Object Token (COT) Test is available as an App! Find out more on page #34 Content: Test toys, instruction booklet with test sheets Little Listeners This brochure is a comprehensive guide designed to support parents of young children with hearing implants. It provides details about cochlear implantation and contains information on preverbal communication, speech, language and auditory development. Little Listeners includes helpful suggestions for parents to assist them in the facilitation of their young child s communication skill development and the main considerations for school entry requirements. Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, US English, US Spanish Content: Booklet (free download) KidTrax KidTrax is a set of materials for teachers and therapists designed to assess and train the speech perception skills of children with hearing devices. Designed for children with varying levels of skills and abilities, this resource supports teachers and therapists working to increase children s auditory memory through speech or discourse tracking with the use of engaging stories. English Content: Manual, picture books and USB stick 6

Copyright by MED-EL 2017 Lesson Kits Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Lesson Kits 12 MONKEYS Lesson Kits 01 MY HOUSE Rehabilitation Rehabilitation BUGS: LEVEL 1 LESSON PLANS Date:... Name:... Age:... H.A:... ACTIVITY GOALS 6 sounds: left ah oo ee sh s m Lesson Kits 16 THE OCEAN right ah oo ee sh s m The Lesson Kits are a free downloadable resource designed to provide practical support to professionals working with families with children using hearing implants. Each kit contains complete lesson plans with goals identified for 3 levels of ability, custom designed printable resources, instructions for 4 activities and therapist notes to facilitate best possible listening and spoken language progress. Lesson Kits 05 ANIMALS ALS The kits are presented in 24 common themes with early developing vocabulary reinforced through natural repetition in play based activities. The first kit was released online in March 2017 and one kit is added to the collection every month. Subscribers receive the kit directly to their email at no cost. The aim of this resource is to provide easy access to high quality therapy resources along with instruction on techniques and strategies to professionals to assist in minimising lesson preparation and maximising child outcomes. Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, German, Russian https://blog.medel.pro Don t miss any of our rehabilitation articles subscribe now and you ll get all of our latest posts sent right to your inbox. 7

PAEDIATRIC The LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire is a parent questionnaire for assessing age-appropriate auditory behaviour in young children from birth to 24 months of age. This resource evaluates the functional listening skills of children with hearing loss wearing hearing devices and assists the professionals in monitoring auditory progress over time for up to 24 months of hearing age. The questionnaire consists of 35 yes/no questions which have been based on normative data from children with typical hearing. Afrikaans, Arabic, Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Farsi, Finnish, Flemish, French, French Canadian, German, Greek, Gujrati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Marathi, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, US English, US Spanish, Vietnamese Content: Instruction book, 25 printed copies of the questionnaire and 25 progress assessment forms LittlEARS My Diary is a resource for professionals and parents, designed to assist them in gathering information about early auditory, speech and language development. It is both a week-by-week record book and an assessment tool for documenting early development of children with hearing loss using either hearing aids or hearing implants. This resource records and guides the parent s observations about their child s development and can be used by clinicians as a guideline for therapy planning and development of goals. Content: Diary, parent s book, first words list, therapist s book and attachment to therapist s book English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish The LittlEARS Diary Activities includes 28 activities designed to supplement the LittlEARS My Diary, with ideas to practice listening and language learning in the home environment. This resource can be used as a standalone material or in conjunction with the LittlEARS My Diary, with activities being used to correspond to the weekly diary entries made. The LittlEARS Diary Activities is a useful resource for newly implanted children, their parents and early interventionists. Rehabilitation Diary Activities Arabic, English, French Canadian, German, Hindi, Mandarin, Russian, Turkish Content: Diary Activites sheet, Diary Activities manual, family interaction evaluation form (free download) 8

Evaluating Auditory Responses to Speech EARS is a battery of tests for professionals designed to evaluate long-term development of listening skills in children before and after hearing implantation. EARS follows the emerging auditory skills post implantation and includes tests of various difficulty levels suitable for children of different ages. The EARS battery contains 9 assessments (closed set, open set tests and questionnaires) presented in the hierarchical order of auditory development. Tests can be administrated in the same order as presented in the material or randomly, depending on each child s individual skills and developmental stage. Rehabilitation Test Sheets Instructions to administer each test are included, as well as test sheets, picture books and toys for administration of the closed set tests. A range of tables for quick-reference is available at the beginning of the instruction book, where an overview of all the tests available in the resource and the recommended age of administration are provided. Normative data for each test, collected from over 700 children using hearing implants, are also included. Content: Instruction book, picture book, test sheets, toys, cards and bag Rehabilitation Picture Book Arabic, Catalan, Dutch, English, German, Spanish, Tamil 9

PAEDIATRIC Ling Six Sound Cards Ling Six Sound Cards is a set of illustrated cards representing the six sounds from the Ling Six Sound Test. This resource encourages daily listening checks at home, therapy or school to ensure the child has access to the full range of speech sounds needed to learn spoken language. Arabic, Danish, English, Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Malayalam, Mandarin, Mirpuri Punjabi, Portuguese, Romanian, Sinhala, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish Content: Set of cards (free download) Loudness Perception Scale Loudness Perception Scale is a set of illustrated scales for use during hearing implant fitting or rehabilitation sessions to determine how listeners interpret the loudness of sounds heard. Loudness Perception Scale How loud is the sound? Uncomfortably loud Very loud but comfortable Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam, Mandarin, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese Loud Medium Soft No sound medel.com Content: Illustrated charts (free download) Dual-Language Learning for Children With Hearing Loss Dual-Language Learning for Children with Hearing Loss, developed by Michael Douglas, is a resource designed for professionals working with children who have a hearing loss and are learning to speak more than one language. This resource provides information on determining the language of assessment, administering and interpreting assessments, and sharing results with the child s family. Language English Content: Book 10

Listen and Play! MED-EL understands the importance of early interactions and has developed Listen and Play! for parents and professionals working with infants and toddlers with hearing loss. Listen and Play! consists of a poster and 20 illustrated cards. The poster outlines the importance of early interaction and includes practical ideas for activities to promote early language using sound object/action associations. The illustrated cards offer ideas of the language to use during early interactions with infants and toddlers by providing familiar sounds and phrases matched with everyday objects and actions. This resource is designed to stimulate and encourage interactions between families and their young children. Professionals may also find this resource useful in their therapy sessions. Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Listen and Play! is designed for international use. The poster is available in English, French and German. Each card has the sound-association in English as well as examples of the same sound or action in a range of different languages. Listen and Play Content: Poster, 20 illustrated cards 11

PAEDIATRIC Hearing Implants and the Classroom This brochure provides teachers with useful tips for working with pupils with hearing implants. It describes how hearing implant systems work, how to create conditions to help pupils hear their best, and offers useful advice on ways to assist the children in a classroom environment. Please contact MED-EL for list of current available languages Content: Booklet The First Steps: A Parent s Guide to Cochlear Implants The First Steps: A Parent s Guide to Cochlear Implants introduces parents to the topic of hearing loss and cochlear implants. It is ideal for parents who are making a decision to have their child implanted with a cochlear implant, providing information to answer typical questions about living with a cochlear implant and opportunities their child can have. Please contact MED-EL for list of current available languages Content: Booklet Learning to Hear: A Parent s Guide to CI Rehabilitation This brochure introduces parents to the topic of rehabilitation for their child. It explains what rehabilitation means for a child with cochlear implant and its importance in helping them to hear their best. Please contact MED-EL for list of current available languages Content: Booklet 12

A Child s Journey A Child s Journey provides a guideline for acquisition of skills based on developmental milestones for typically hearing and typically developing children from birth to 6 years. It covers eight developmental domains, including Audition, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Speech Articulation, Play, Cognition, Pragmatics, and Literacy. It was designed to be used as a tool for professionals to monitor children s acquisition of skills necessary for listening and spoken language communication. It may also be used to provide information about current levels of functioning and progress, identify areas of concern, select appropriate goals for ongoing development, and aid in counseling families. For the first 24 months, developmental skills are specified in three month age-range intervals. After the first 24 months, developmental skills are specified in six month age-range intervals. Rehabilitation A Child s Journey Developmental Milestones (Birth 6 Years) Language English MaryKay Therres, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT Ingrid Steyns, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT 13

PAEDIATRIC WE CAN! WE CAN! is a set of materials designed to support the development of listening, communication, and music skills in children with severe and complex needs who have received a hearing implant. English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Russian, Spanish Tamil Content: Two booklets, printed vocabulary cards and USB stick All in a Day All in a Day is designed for parents of children with hearing implants. The booklet tells a story in pictures and text about a young hearing implant user s day with his family. The text throughout the booklet guides parents about conversations they can have with their child to help develop their listening and communication skills. Arabic, English, German, Russian, Turkish Content: Booklet (free download) Murat Goes Shopping Murat Goes Shopping is an illustrated storybook that provides parents and less experienced professionals an easy therapy material to use in their work with children with hearing implants. The storybook contains a parent s/therapist s page and a child s page. On the child s page, the story about Murat is told in pictures. The parent s/therapist s page includes discussion points, ideas for listening activities, and games to play to support conversations with their child on the topics in the story. Action and event cards, cardboard cut-outs, activity sheets and reference pages are also included to enhance the development of language through listening in play activities. Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, US English 14 Content: Booklet (free download)

Auditory Skills Checklist The Auditory Skills Checklist is a criterion referenced assessment that assists teachers, therapists, audiologists and parents in tracking the progress of a child s auditory development. Designed for use with children of any age and skill level, this resource is quick and easy to use. It includes scoring to monitor a child s progress on a variety of auditory skills over time, and may be helpful to support goals setting and further planning of therapy sessions. The checklist comprises 27 items, ordered in such a way to follow developmental acquisition of auditory skills. Behaviours range from the most basic skill of detection through to advanced auditory processing tasks (e.g. auditory memory, auditory processing) are included. Content: 10 printed copies of the checklist Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, French Canadian, German, Korean, Mandarin, Potuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese Auditory Skills Checklist is available as an App! Find out more at page #34 15

MELLIE THE MED-ELEPHANT Mellie and her Cochlear Implants Mellie Colouring Book Mellie Mellie s Kids Corner goes to preschool interactive online information about hearing and hearing implants available on MED-EL website http://www.medel.com/children-kids-corner/ 16 Mellie Goes to Preschool

Mellie Memory Cards Mellie Makes Music Mellie Kit Content: Mellie stuffed toy including magnet behind the ear, Mellie backpack, Memory card game, music toy set, plastic baby book, all comes in a stable and reusable Mellie suitcase. Please contact MED-EL for a list of current available languages 17

M-TEAM In Search of Hearing Journey to LeDem Brainteaser booklet Please contact MED-EL for a list of current available languages 18

M -Team Puzzles Savanna M -Team Puzzles Farm M -Team Puzzles Transport M -Team Puzzles Marketplace M -Team Card Game Please contact MED-EL for a list of current available languages 19

TEEN ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION

TeenEARS TeenEARS is a battery of tests for teenagers, following the EARS Test Battery. It is designed to assess a broad range of listening and language skills as well as psycho-social factors. The battery includes 7 tests (open and closed set) and a questionnaire to be completed by the teenager. Language English, French, German, Spanish Content: USB stick, or USB stick and therapist handbook and user handbook TesTrax TesTrax is an assessment and training tool which uses a modified version of a speech tracking therapy method. TesTrax provides professionals and teachers with training materials to evaluate and train listening and connected speech skills of hearing implant users. Language English, French, German, Polish Content: USB stick Tools for Teens Tools for Teens is a training program that provides teachers and therapists with communication training materials for use with hearing implant users. The program includes different exercises such as: consonant and vowel discrimination, picture matrices, common sentences, thematic sentences, folk songs and related questions and answers. Language English Content: USB stick 21

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ADULT ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION

Smart Tips for Cochlear Implant Users Smart Tips for Cochlear Implant Users is a comprehensive guide on cochlear implantation for adults. The main focus of this guide is on rehabilitation, providing useful information on the benefits of implants, as well as on living and hearing with a cochlear implant in everyday situations. English, French, German, Mandarin, Spanish Content: Booklet (free download) Telephone Training Tips This brochure includes a set of useful information and many tips for successful telephone use by adult hearing implant recipients. ADULT Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil Content: Booklet (free download) Sound Localization Sound Localization is a brochure for hearing implant recipients that includes a range of tips to help develop the recipient s ability to perceive and localise the direction of sounds. Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, German, Spanish Content: Booklet (free download) 24

Hear Today Hear Today is a resource developed for young people and adults with hearing loss who have received a hearing implant. It provides useful information on how to start the rehabilitation process, with practical activities to develop listening skills in real life situations. A status questionnaire, based on twelve common daily life goals, helps to evaluate the recipient s current ability, and to determine a starting point for rehabilitation activities. This material can be used by recipient independently or by professionals working with the users in clinical settings. Content: Booklet Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish Hear Today is available as an App! Find out more on page #35 25

Hearing Implant Sound Quality Index (HISQUI19) The Hearing Implant Sound Quality Index (HISQUI 19 ) is a validated questionnaire used to determine an individual s sound quality with their hearing implants in daily life. The questionnaire can be completed in 10-15 minutes and the score gives clinicians an indication of how good recipients perceive sound quality in their personal, everyday listening situations with their hearing implant. Language Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish Content: Booklet (free download) The First Steps: A Guide to Cochlear Implants ADULT The First Steps: A Guide to Cochlear Implants is aimed at individuals who have lost their hearing after acquiring spoken communication skills. It introduces the topics of hearing loss, how a cochlear implant works, and answers commonly asked questions associated with receiving an implant. It is ideal for those who are considering an implant and want straightforward and practical information. Please contact MED-EL for list of current available languages Content: Booklet Hear Your Best: A Guide to Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation This brochure introduces the reader to the topic of rehabilitation. It explains what rehabilitation means for cochlear implant users and its importance in helping them to hear their best. Please contact MED-EL for list of current available languages Content: Booklet 26

Hear at Home Rehabilitation Hear at Home is a home training program for young people or adults with a hearing loss. It aims to meet the needs of people with a hearing implant who require training and support in the absence of trained personnel at home. The exercises are designed for use with family or friends as the speaker/exercise partner. Hear at Home For adults with hearing impairment RECEIVER S HANDBOOK Rehabilitation developed by Geoff Plant This resource can also be used in clinics as an auditory training program for adults, allowing for adaptation of the exercises according to the abilities and skills of each recipient. In ten separate sessions, a series of speech sounds is introduced in words and sentences. The exercises provide the speaker with detailed instructions on how to present the materials. Exercises can be presented in differing conditions to challenge and improve the listening skills of the recipient (e.g. in the presence of background noise). Exercises for additional practice of connected speech recognition are provided. Content: USB stick, or USB stick and Talker s and Receiver s handbook Hear at Home For adults with hearing impairment TALKER S HANDBOOK developed by Geoff Plant English, French, German, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish 27

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MUSIC

Musical EARS Rehabilitation Musical EARS is designed to encourage music listening and instrument playing to children with hearing implants. This resource includes suggestions of musical activities and lesson outlines for therapists to support them in the development of music training programs for both group and individual sessions. Musical Evaluation Form Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Turkish Content: CD and musical instruments Music and Young Children With CIs Music and Young Children With CIs is a brochure with information for parents of young children with hearing implants about the benefits of listening to music and introducing music in their children s lives. It highlights the advantages of music training, the components of music activities, listening to and playing musical instruments and singing. This parent guide also has a Musicality Rate Scale for 25 different musical skills in young children. Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, US English, US Spanish Content: Booklet (free download) MUSIC 30

Munich Music Questionnaire The Munich Music Questionnaire is a validated questionnaire which assesses the music listening habits of people with post-lingual hearing loss. It offers useful information to clinicians about the role of music in the hearing implant recipient s life pre or post implantation. Dutch, English, French, German, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish Content: 10 printed copies of the questionnaire (free download) Music Tips for Adults Music Tips for Adults includes various tips to help hearing implant users gain better access to music and develop their music appreciation. It covers the topics of music choice, audio-visual presentation, listening environments, music listening equipment, the playing of instruments and music resources. English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian, Spanish, Tamil Content: Booklet (free download) 31

The MED-EL Blog Learn about hearing implant news and technologies, read first-hand stories from implant recipients, and learn how to develop and practice listening and communication skills with our (re)habilition tips and tricks. Check out Rehab At Home a brand new series of rehabilitation videos, showing easy activities you can do with your child. From craft activities to board games, Rehab At Home gives you lots of fun ways to help your child with their speaking and listening. Whether you have an implant, know someone who does, or just want to learn more. The MED-EL Blog is for you! Get the latest hearing implant news and rehabilitation tricks straight to your inbox subscribe at BLOG.MEDEL.COM today! medel.com 32 32

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Suite of Apps We provide different rehabilitation resources, including the Common Objects Token (COT) Test, the Auditory Skills Checklist, and Hear Today. Choose the App that suits your professional or individual rehabilitation needs best, and enjoy streamlined access to these MED-EL rehabilitation resources. Auditory Skills Checklist App This App contains the MED-EL Rehabilitation assessment tool named the Auditory Skills Checklist. The Auditory Skills Checklist is a measure to assist in tracking the progress of a child s auditory development and in setting goals. The checklist uses multiple choice questions to determine if a child has responded using auditory cues to auditory information presented to them. It is easy to use and particularly helpful in monitoring the development of a child s skills over time. Language English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish COT Test App This App contains the MED-EL Rehabilitation assessment tool called the Common Objects Token (COT) Test. The Common Objects Token (COT) Test is a complex closed set sentence test designed to adequately describe the auditory speech perception and auditory memory skills of children with a hearing loss. The test aims to assess children at a level between basic closed set tasks and open set tasks. The COT test includes two different test levels a quick test composed of 3 subtests and a full-length version composed of 6 subtests. DIGITAL RESOURCES Language English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Hear Today App This App contains the MED-EL Rehabilitation tool named Hear Today. Hear Today is a resource developed for young people and adults with hearing loss who have received a hearing implant. It provides useful information on how to start the rehabilitation process, with practical activities to develop listening skills in real life situations. The included status questionnaire is based on twelve common daily life goals, and helps to evaluate the recipient s current ability, determining a starting point for rehabilitation activities. Language English, French, German MED-EL Rehabilitation Bookshelf The MED-EL Bookshelf App provides access to many different MED-EL Rehabilitation resources across a wide range of topics. Hearing implant users, parents, and professionals can make use of this tool to optimise outcomes with the MED-EL hearing implant systems. Topics contained in the Bookshelf are divided into categories to help find the resource required. Resources have been designed to meet the needs of differing individuals involved in the hearing implant rehabilitation process, including hearing implant recipients, parents of hearing implant recipients and professionals. Language English 35

Listen Up! / Listening Up! Listen Up! / Listening Up! is a series of CDs providing independent listening practice for teen and adult hearing implant recipients. The auditory exercises include sentence and music training for both beginners and advanced listeners. CD 1, 2, 3 - English CD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - German Continents & Oceans Continents & Oceans is an app for older children, teenagers and adults designed to test and train listening skills. It has activities across three levels of increasing complexity, and it is an interactive way to build listening skills and world knowledge. Language English MED-EL Assessment Database The MED-EL Assessment Database is a software program designed to assist clinics in the administration, reporting and data collection of two MED-EL assessment tools: LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire (LEAQ) and the Hearing Implant Sound Quality Index (HISQUI 19 ). Language English DIGITAL RESOURCES

MED-EL Professionals Blog Whether you re an audiologist, speech & language therapist, or rehabilitation specialist, you ll find plenty of useful resources on our MED-EL Professionals Blog. We post new articles weekly and every month we share a comprehensive rehabilitation lesson kit for free download! Monthly Themed Lesson Kits Rehabilitation Apps Latest updates from MED-EL Get weekly articles sent right to your inbox subscribe at BLOG.MEDEL.PRO today! medel.com

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