Listening sites to practice with

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Hi All

I got this from Quinlan who is a Cochlear Americas Audi and was at my last

mapping and worked with my Audi while doing my mapping. These are sites on the

Internet you can listen to and practice hearing with your CI. Just thought I

would pass them on for others to use.

" To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did "

Suzanne

Surgery 1/14/08 Dr. W. Conlon

Alpha ENT Clinic Ft. , CO

Activation Date 2/14/08 N.Freedom R. Ear

Here are a list of links I have gathered from Linn Tearney, a bilateral CI

recipient and Cochlear employee, offer listening activities for cochlear implant

recipients. The first five links will direct you to a site that was designed

for those learning English as a second language. However, the sites have been

helpful for many cochlear implant users because of the various levels of

difficulty found in the listening exercises.

Randalls Cyber Listening Lab - www.esl-lab.com

Randalls Cyber Listening Lab – basic self-study guide -

www.esl-lab.com/guide.htm

Randalls Listening Lab – A Day at School - www.esl-lab.com/elem/elemrd1.htm

Randalls Listening Lab – Phone practice -

http://www.esl-lab.com/phone/phonerd1.htm

ESL Gold - Listening Practice – Sounds and Distinctions

www.eslgold.com/jsps/site.jsp?resource=pag_stu_pronunciation_sounds

Ellen , Cert. AVT - Resource for newly implanted teen or adult –

independent listening practice – Music, sentences, animal sounds -

www.auditoryverbaltraining.com/websites.htm

Online collection of Aesop Fables: http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/

Linn is a cochlear implant recipient herself and has found the above sites to be

very helpful to her personally.

You might also wish to try some of the accessories that came with your implant.

For example, the TV HiFi Cable will allow you to direct-connect to your

computer's headset jack, which will provide the best sound quality possible for

listening activities.

For " real world " situations such as conversing in noisy restaurants or in your

car, try connect the Lapel Microphone to your processor. The microphone can be

clipped to a companion's lapel and this will make their voice much louder than

the surrounding environmental noise. The lapel microphone is also great for

those times that your implant microphone is on the opposite side of where the

sound is coming from. Just place the microphone closer to the sound source.

If you have questions or would like more information, please don't hesitate to

contact me or Linn Tearney. Linn's website on the Cochlear Americas website is

http://www.cochlearamericas.com/Support/742.asp

Best regards,

Quinlan, Au.D., CCC-A

Audiologist

Cochlear Americas