When you begin to investigate cochlear implants for your child or yourself, the amount of information, terminology, and decisions can seem overwhelming. Once you feel that you have a handle on things, someone throws another twist or curve your way. Don’t you just want someone to hold your hand and walk you through the processContinue reading “The Cochlear Implant Process: From Identification to Candidacy to Activation and Beyond!”
Category Archives: Elizabeth Rosenzweig MS CCC-SLP LSLS Cert. AVT
All About Tinnitus
Tinnitus is the internal perception of sound in the absence of an external sound source. Often called “ringing in the ears” or described as a rushing, whirring sound, tinnitus affects people with and without hearing loss and can be one of the most difficult conditions to treat.
Anatomy of an AVT Session
There are many ways to provide high quality services in keeping with the Principles of Auditory Verbal Therapy, and this is just one example of a sixty-minute session (times are approximate and, obviously, will vary from session to session – they are more for organization than exact measures).
No More Naked Crafts!
I love making crafts with children in therapy. It provides a great way to engage children in a variety of pre-academic and fine motor skills while working on objectives in language, listening, and speech. Making something beautiful in therapy gives children a “talking point” to show off to friends and family members throughout the week,Continue reading “No More Naked Crafts!”
Let’s Make a Book!
If you give a therapist a book… she’s going to want to make one more. Here are some ideas for creating books in therapy to help develop children’s language and pre-literacy skills, as well as to encourage home carry-over of therapy objectives.
Choosing Toys for Children with Hearing Loss
This time of year, many parents ask me about how to choose the best toys for their child with hearing loss. Here are a few tips:
Tips for CI Surgery Day
You’ve had the pre-operative tests, filed (and/or battled) with your insurance provider, and selected the device. The big day is finally here… it’s time for CI surgery day. Here are some tips to make the big day go as smoothly as possible:
Step Away From the Prize Box: Building Internal Motivation in Children
During my undergraduate and graduate training, I had whole lectures, book chapters, and seminars devoted to the topic of behavior management and reinforcement — how to use primary reinforcers (food), token economies (how many check marks should equal a sticker? how many stickers to a lollipop?), prizes, rewards, and more.
Mapping a Cochlear Implant
Mapping (or MAPping) is the term for programming a cochlear implant to the specifications and needs of its user. While any cochlear implant user, or parent, caregiver, or family member of a CI user, has probably attended countless mapping appointments with an audiologist, the process is often confusing or poorly understood.
How to Read an Audiogram
I often say that becoming a parent of a child with hearing loss is like being drafted onto a team for a sport you’ve never played and expected to be the MVP. Almost overnight, you’re bombarded with technical jargon, communication options, opinions, appointments, and waves of emotion. Who wouldn’t be overwhelmed?
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