Earobics

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Hi -

I use Earobics with my hearing impaired daughter...like your son, her loss is

mild-moderate aided. I got it when she was 8 and it was quite frustrating

for her so we did not do it regularly. It has taken quite a while for her to

develop the listening skills to be able to do a lot of the activities (she is

now almost 11) but she is now able to work through the program and progress.

She would not have been able to do it at 4...you may want to go to their

website and see if they have a sample game he could play before you actually

purchase it--www.cogcon.com. A nice and inexpensive auditory training

program that was appropriate for my daughter (and still is!) when she was

younger is called the Developmental Approach to Successful Listening II (DASL

II) which was developed at the Houston School for the Deaf. It is published

by Resource Point, 1-. Another possible resource for you is a

book that I have been using successfully with my daughter, " Helping Children

Overcome Learning Difficulties " by Jerome Rosner. This book was written for

parents with children who are identified as learning disabled and doesn't

directly address children with hearing impairments. However, the auditory

analysis skills training and language development activities are very well

described. He outlines a sequential auditory analysis skills program which

is very simple to implement, 10-15 min. per day. I have been using it 3-5

days per week with my daughter since the end of August and have seen

significant improvement in her phonemic awareness skills. Hope you find some

of this information helpful and good luck!