HOPE Rehabilitation Resources

An interactive listening rehabilitation program for adults and teens. This program is now available!
HOPE web site

The newly redesigned HOPE web site has many useful tools and resources for your patients.
http://www.cochlearamericas.com/HOPE
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Music: What the Experts Say

Though cochlear implants (CI) are designed primarily for the transmission of sounds related to speech, many CI recipients are successfully enjoying the sounds of music. Specifically, the Cochlear implant is very good at transmitting the rhythm or beat of music. Many CI recipients have found it possible to establish more realistic expectations, and to even improve their perceptual accuracy and enjoyment.

HOPE_Music_Series_Gfeller.pdf
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Music and Implants
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Speech Sounds A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Nancy Caleffe-Schenck, M.Ed., CCC-A, Cert. AVT® and Dian Baker, MA, CCC-SLP, Cert. AVT®

Speech Sounds - Rehab..pdf
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HOPE Music Series: Tips for Improving Music Listening Skills

Turn the music on

Quick Tips for optimizing a recipient's experience with music

HOPE_Music_Series_Accessories.pdf
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Strive and Thrive: A Guide for Parents. School Readiness Hints and Tips

Strive and Thrive

A Guide for Parents

School Readiness Hints and Tips

FUN774_Strive and Thrive_Iss2_APR08.pdf
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Nucleus Hear We Go

Nucleus Hear We Go

Custom rehabilitation workbook kit for therapists of teen recipients

This easy-to-use software suite provides clinicians and therapists with an incredible selection of habilitation exercises designed specifically for teenage Nucleus® recipients.

Therapists and hearing-health professionals can use this system to customize habilitation workbooks to each recipient’s unique capabilities and needs, making auditory training a more personalized, enjoyable experience.

FUN531_Hear We Go.pdf
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Amount and Type of Therapy

Determining appropriate therapy placements is a process that requires careful consideration of number of factors. The following HOPE Note outlines some of the topics with weight in such decisions.
HOPEFUN662.pdf
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Cochlear's Education and (Re)habilitation Products and Services

List of Products and services that are available.
HOPERehab Handout_JUN08.pdf
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Performance Outcomes FUN668 - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

Assessing performance outcomes of a child with a cochlear implant is closely linked to candidacy factors such as age at implantation. The following HOPE Note outlines the general performance trends observed in children with cochlear implants over time.
HOPEFUN668.pdf
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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 HOPE Note outlines general expectations for language development in light of cochlear implantation.
HOPEFUN667.pdf
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Auditory Skill Development - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

Auditory performance with a cochlear implant can be described using four broad categories of auditory skill. In younger children, development of auditory skills occurs in a more naturalistic fashion in which all skills are targeted simultaneously. For older children development of auditory skills may be more linear and systematic. The following HOPE Note provides information on the hierarchy of auditory skill development that is essential for assessing current ability, targeting intervention goals and providing habilitation to children with cochlear implants.
HOPEFUN666.pdf
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Children Who Sign - Mary Ellen Nevins,Ashley Garber

There are many parents who choose implantation for their children who sign. Speech and hearing professionals must ascertain the degree to which spoken language development is possible for a child with an implant who signs and maximize the potential of the devices for this purpose. The following HOPE Note outlines a rationale for encouraging auditory access while at the same time supporting sign communication.
HOPEFUN665.pdf
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Issues in Reading - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

Auditory access provided by the cochlear implant has enabled many children to make substantial gains in spoken language development. 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 HOPE Note explores the relationship between auditory access and the development of reading comprehension.
HOPEFUN662.pdf
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Assessment Measures - Ashley Garber, Mary Ellen Nevins

Each professional involved in cochlear implantation uses tests specific to his/her own area of study to assess the progress of a particular child. The following HOPE Note outlines and compares the range of evaluation measures that are used to assess progress for children with cochlear implants.
HOPEFUN661.pdf
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The Newly Implanted Teenager - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

Improvements in implant hardware have resulted in ear level devices that are cosmetically more appealing to adolescents than they were ten years ago. Thus, more and more teens are considering implantation; there are a number of distinctly different teenage groups who seek implantation. The following HOPE Note will identify those groups and make recommendations for intervention that is both age appropriate and commensurate with presenting skill levels.
HOPEFUN660.pdf
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The Newly Implanted School-Age Child - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

Children may enter the implant process at any time after 12 months of age. Those implant candidates who present during the ìschool-age yearsî, between approximately 5 and 12 years old, will need habilitation that takes into account their auditory and language experiences prior to implantation. The following HOPE Note addresses the need for individualization in designing intervention for newly implanted, school-age children.
HOPEFUN659.pdf
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The Newly Implanted Preschooler - Ashley Garber, Mary Ellen Nevins

While cochlear implantation is available for children as young as 12 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 HOPE Note addresses considerations for designing a comprehensive intervention plan for newly implanted preschool aged children.
HOPEFUN658.pdf
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Learning with Literacy - Ashley S. Garber, Mary Ellen Nevins

The relationship between language comprehension and reading comprehension is also without question. This connection has particular significance for parents of children with hearing loss as building language comprehension is a continuous priority. The Learning with Literacy series of HOPE Tips is designed to provide insight regarding the process of building literacy through language for your child with a cochlear implant.
FUN926_HOPETips_Iss1_808.pdf
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Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation It's not just for kids - Donna L. Sorkin,Nancy Caleffe-Schenck

This progam help answer questions like: How do you know if you might benefit from rehabilitation? What sort of program should you pursue? What type of professional can help? Is there a role for family members? Are there suggested tools or products that you can utilize at home? This brochure provides a brief introduction to the topic of aural rehabilitation for adults after cochlear implantation.
FUN890_Adult rehab.pdf
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Cochlear's Education and (Re)habilitation Products and Services

List of Products and services that are available.

FUN874 Rehab Handout_JUN08.pdf
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A Guide for Parents and Professionals - Nancy Caleffe-Schenck, Dian Baker

Speech Sounds consists of units for 20 English consonant sounds. Each card condenses a relatively large body of information into manageable units to easily incorporate speech into everyday experiences and books. It is used in conjunction with specific language goals from a childís individualized treatment plan. Optimally a family is working in partnership with a therapist or educator for auditory habilitation. A childís progress is related to a strong link among home, daycare, school and therapy and the childís interactions with everyone in these settings.
FUN824_Speech_Sounds_1207.pdf
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Children from Homes with Spoken Languages Other Than English - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

This Issue will explore the auditory and language-learning needs of implant recipients whose home language is not English.
FUN795_children_from_homes_w_other_lang_hope notes.pdf
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Cochlear Implants and Special Populations - Ashley Garber, Mary Ellen Nevins

Increasingly, children with special needs in addition to hearing loss are receiving cochlear implants and using them to develop auditory skills beyond those first believed possible for children with challenges in addition to deafness. The following HOPE Note discusses considerations for identifying and setting realistic expectations for working with children in these groups to assist them in reaping the benefits of implant technology.
FUN794_CI_and_special_populations_hope notes.pdf
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Vocabulary Development for Children with Cochlear Implants - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

It is well established that children with rich spoken language vocabularies have a greater chance of with comprehension in their school age years. Auditory access provided by the cochlear implant can contribute to the development of a broad lexical base in the pre-reading years that supports subsequent vocabulary accrual for reading achievement. This HOPE Note outlines important information for early and later vocabulary learning by children with cochlear implants.
FUN793_vocabulary_development_for_children_hope notes.pdf
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The Experienced Cochlear Implant User: School Aged/Teenager - Ashley Garber, Mary Ellen Nevins

As the recommended age of implantation lowered over the years, attention to the very youngest recipients increased commensurately. It must not be overlooked however, that there continues to be a large population of cochlear implant recipients in their school aged or teenaged years. Because the hearing profiles of this group are varied, so too are the services that they require. This HOPE Note addresses recommendations for this growing group.
FUN792_experienced_CI_user_school_aged_teen.pdf
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Speech Development - Ashley Garber,Mary Ellen Nevins

The benchmarks for speech development for a child with a cochlear implant are important to the teacher of deaf children and to the speech language pathologist responsible for monitoring speech acquisition The following HOPE Note outlines general expectations for the systematic achievement of speech skills and the therapeutic approaches that can be used to acquire them.
FUN790_speech_development_hope notes.pdf
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Issues in Mainstreaming - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

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. The following HOPE Note outlines important child readiness factors, receiving school readiness factors and parent readiness factors that will require consideration to make a mainstream recommendation with confidence.
FUN664.pdf
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Cochlear Implant Resource Guide: Meeting Childrenís Needs at School

The Guide is organized in a loose-leaf notebook to allow easy removal and copying of specific materials.The contributing authors have given permission for their materials to be copied and used in this fashion, to encourage maximum dissemination to school personnel, parents and others. Cochlear Americas will update the Guide periodically with revised and new content.
FUN532_ResourceGuide_SellSheet.pdf
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Music: What the Experts Say

Music and Implants

Speech Sounds A Guide for Parents and Professionals

HOPE Music Series: Tips for Improving Music Listening Skills

Turn the music on

Strive and Thrive: A Guide for Parents. School Readiness Hints and Tips

Nucleus Hear We Go

Amount and Type of Therapy

Cochlear's Education and (Re)habilitation Products and Services

Performance Outcomes FUN668 - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

Spoken Language Development

Auditory Skill Development - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

Children Who Sign - Mary Ellen Nevins,Ashley Garber

Issues in Reading - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

Assessment Measures - Ashley Garber, Mary Ellen Nevins

The Newly Implanted Teenager - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

The Newly Implanted School-Age Child - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

The Newly Implanted Preschooler - Ashley Garber, Mary Ellen Nevins

Learning with Literacy - Ashley S. Garber, Mary Ellen Nevins

Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation It's not just for kids - Donna L. Sorkin,Nancy Caleffe-Schenck

Cochlear's Education and (Re)habilitation Products and Services

A Guide for Parents and Professionals - Nancy Caleffe-Schenck, Dian Baker

Children from Homes with Spoken Languages Other Than English - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

Cochlear Implants and Special Populations - Ashley Garber, Mary Ellen Nevins

Vocabulary Development for Children with Cochlear Implants - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

The Experienced Cochlear Implant User: School Aged/Teenager - Ashley Garber, Mary Ellen Nevins

Speech Development - Ashley Garber,Mary Ellen Nevins

Issues in Mainstreaming - Mary Ellen Nevins, Ashley Garber

Cochlear Implant Resource Guide: Meeting Childrenís Needs at School

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