When new parents receive the diagnosis "profound hearing loss" in their child, they are usually shocked. But thanks to the latest medical technology and cochlear implants, there is a solution for it!
How well the school will go for children with cochlear implants depends on several factors. The persistence of the parents is one of them.
Patrick Beganovic recalls of his daughter Maja's diagnosis - profound hearing loss. Thanks to cochlear implantation at the Linz University Hospital, the family is now happy to hear Maja's first words.
We focus on the town of Bethleem at the turn of each year. However, we do not know much about life with hearing loss in Palestine.
Reading and writing are focal points of elementary school and the basis of later education.
For the first hearing training, it is often enough to use everyday sounds and child´s body as a sound source, rather than instruments or toys.
Why reading is important for children with hearing implants. Acquiring written language paves the way for affected children to read.
It is not just cognitive or emotional impairments that can influence the development of social skills, hearing ability also plays a part in that.
For seven years, 13-year-old Valentin from Austria could only hear in one ear. While his hearing loss remained undetected for a long time...
Music is clearly an important subject for young CI users: it communicates moods and feelings and helps in dealing with these.
