Simple
Practice Suggestions at Home
Immediately after your activation get started learning to listen with
your cochlear implant.
Begin listening with a close friend or a family member who wants to be your Listening Coach:
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1: Follow along as your Listening Coach
reads a passage in a book.
Ask
your reader to stop at certain words, so you can speak the words out loud.
After this exercise, have him/her randomly read any sentence in a paragraph, so
you can guess which sentence it was.
2: Without relying on speech-reading,
have your Listening Coach voice
Names of people you know
Simple sentences: "How are
you?" or "Nice to meet you."
3: Listen to basic "read-along" children's books available on CDs at
the library.
Work
up to more challenging literature as your training progress.
4: Listen to public radio or sports radio.
Talk
shows are a good source of practice because they often deal with current news
or familiar topics – giving you clues about the gist of conversation.
Be sure to prompt your Listening Coach
to –
"speak slowly and clearly...
use short sentences...stay on topic, etc."