Resources for Parents
Aural Habilitation Resources:
- Caleffe-Schenck, N. (2006) Auditory skills checklist. Durham, NC: Med-El Corp.
- Description: This checklist can be used to establish auditory goals or to keep track of progress in the area of audition.
- Caleffe-Schenck, N., & Baker, D. (2008) Speech sounds: A guide for parents and professionals: Englewood, CO: Cochlear Corporation.
- Description: This guide was designed for use with children who are ages one through five, but it can also be adapted for older children. It is used to assist in stimulating the development of speech through listening. There are units for 20 speech sounds with ideas for planning therapy sessions and activities in the classroom. Parents can use this guide as a resource for carryover in the home.
- Estabrooks, W., (1994) Auditory-verbal therapy for parents and professionals. Washington, D.C.: AG Bell Association for the Deaf.
- Description: This book explains and supports the auditory-verbal approach. It was written for parents of children who are deaf and hard of hearing and for therapists and educators who provide services to children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Estabrooks, W., (1998) Cochlear implants for kids. Washington, D.C.: AG Bell Association for the Deaf.
- Description: This book provides information about cochlear implant surgery, the history and ethical issues related to cochlear implantation, the importance of therapy, and the roles of parents and professionals. It also includes information on professional approaches to therapy and personal narratives written by parents.
- Kiernan, K. & Zentz, B. (1986) Contrastive word pairs. Baltimore, MD. KZ Associates.
- Description: This is a therapy tool that can be used toward developing discrimination of the sound units of language (e.g., bite-bike). Each of the six booklets has line drawings for initial sound contrasts, final sound contrasts, open-closed contrasts, cluster contrasts, and vowel contrasts. Considering the wide variety of line drawings used to represent objects, it is important that this tool be used with children who have a foundation in language.
- Pollack, D., Goldberg, D., & Caleffe-Schenk, N. (1997) Educational audiology for the limited-hearing infant and preschooler: An auditory-verbal program (3rd Ed.). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
- Description: The third edition of this book provides up-to-date materials from the previous editions. Topics include audiologic screening and evaluation, developing listening, speech, and language abilities, the role of parents, and educational placements and supports.
- Sindrey, D. (1997) Cochlear implant auditory training guidebook. Ontario, Canada: Wordplay Publications.
- Description: This is an auditory training guidebook for parents and for professionals working with children with cochlear implants that are 4 years of age and older.
- Sindrey, D. (1997) Listening games for littles, Ontario, Canada: Wordplay Publications.
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- Description: This book provides parents with information on auditory development. It also provides parents with very specific activities to target listening and language in young children.
- Srinivasan, P. (1996) Practical aural habilitation for speech-language pathologists and educators of hearing impaired children. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
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- Description: This book was written for therapists and educators who provide intervention to hearing impaired children. The book provides information regarding the development of spoken language in children with hearing losses. It also provides extensive examples of activities to do with children to promote their integrated use of speech, language and listening.
- www.hearingjourney.com
- Description: The Listening Room provides activities and ideas to support the development of listening and language skills in children, adolescents and adults. The website is sponsored by Advanced Bionics, and the activities and ideas on this site were developed by Dave Sindrey, Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist.
- www.cochlear.com/HOPE
- Description: The website for Cochlear Corporation, manufacturer of the Nucleus Freedom Cochlear Implant System and the Baha System. This site provides information about Cochlear Corporations’ products, services, and about the Habilitation Outreach for Educators, Parents, and Adults (HOPE), a program that provides online training as well as products and services on (re)habilitation and educational issues.
- www.medel.com
- Description: The website for Medical Electronics (MedEl), manufacturer of the Maestro Cochlear Implant System. This site provides information regarding MedEl products and services. On this site, there is a link about the Bridge to Better Communication. This is a resource program that has a variety of products, resources, assessments, and tools for adult and pediatric habilitation.
- www.listen-up.org
- Description: The Listen-Up Web provides information, answers, help, ideas and other useful resources related to hearing loss. This websites also includes a free downloadable module from the Listen Up and Talk It Up! Aural Habilitation Programs. The module provides information on how to work with children using sound-object association. Printable cards with pictures for each sound-object association are included in the free module.
- www.bionicear.com
- Description: The website for Advanced Bionics, the manufacturer of the Harmony Cochlear Implant System. This site provides information about Advanced Bionics’ products and services among other information.
- www.agbell.org
- Description: The website for the Alexander Graham Bell Association. AG Bell is a national organization that provides information on pediatric hearing loss, the auditory-oral approach, technological advances for the deaf and hard of hearing, and advocates legislation.
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