a lifetime of listening support
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BEA EdUCATIOnAL RESOURCES for Your Journey to Hearing
A Lifetime of Listening SupportProvided by Advanced Bionics
BEA EdUCATIOnAL RESOURCES for Your Journey to Hearing
Learning to listen again with a hearing aid or a cochlear implant is a rewarding journey that takes patience, perseverance, and a positive attitude. Like any activity you are learning again—or for the first time—hearing your personal best requires time and effort. The more you put into improving your listening skills, the more rewards you’ll get out of it.
The BEA offers many tools, educational resources, and training to support you or your child on your journey to hearing, including:
• The Listening Room™ • Learning Center• Tools for Schools™
All of these FREE resources are conveniently available online and easily accessed at BionicEar.com.
Your Hearing Potential
A Lifetime of Listening SupportProvided by Advanced Bionics
The Listening RoomResources for developing Listening and Language Skills
The Listening Room™ is a one-of-a-kind website that gives you a foundation of interactive and uniquely designed, FREE practice activities to improve your listening skills so that communicating with others is a successful experience. Exercises can be done alone; with a therapist, parent, or listening coach; on paper, or with an iPod/MP3 player.
Activities for Infants and Toddlers:• Revolve around a young child’s day, targeting important moments such as getting dressed, eating, playing, and bath time
• Incorporate songs and finger plays to engage your child in communicating and interacting
Activities for Preschool and School-Age Children:• Strengthen vocabulary and concepts that they are learning in the classroom.
• Include weekly activities, monthly murals
• Feature songs, auditory discrimination games, and much more
Activities for Teens and Adults• Maximize hearing performance with a variety of activities to help you practice listening
• Offer exercises to practice on the phone before talking with others
Enter an exciting new world of sound at TheListeningRoom.com.
Innovative Online Learning Tools
Our Learning Center allows candidates, recipients, families, and professionals to interact with our online classroom. Watch and listen to short programs to learn the benefits of listening with the Harmony™ HiResolution™ Bionic Ear System or stay current on the latest information on cochlear implant technology and management. You can also download informative handouts prepared by knowledgeable presenters.
Find courses that answer all of your cochlear implant questions—right at your fingertips, including:
• Understanding Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants
• Bilateral Cochlear Implants: The natural Choice for Children
• Connecting Cochlear Implants to Today’s Technology
You’re only a few clicks away from learning much more about choosing, receiving, and living with cochlear implants.
Enter the library and choose a FREE course today at BionicEar.com/eLearning.
Learning Center
Tools for SchoolsEverything You need for a Child to Succeed
Many parents choose cochlear implants for their children to help them reach their academic potential. Because of this important, life-changing decision, children who are implanted at an early age may be able to attend mainstream schools by kindergarten. The BEA supports your child’s scholastic efforts with Tools for Schools™ (TFS).
Supporting children with one or more cochlear implants requires a team approach. designed to help students succeed in the classroom, TFS provides educators with the practical tools and online materials to make your child’s educational journey easier, including:
• Product Information and Troubleshooting
• Educational Management
• Listening and Language Practice Materials and Support
• Assessment Tools
• Tools for Toddlers
• Reference Materials
Offered to parents, educators, and therapists, TFS is a valuable asset for your child’s education!
Download a variety of FREE, helpful resources today at BionicEar.com/TFS.
Learning Center
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Hear and Be HeardThe mission of the Bionic Ear Association (BEA) is to improve the quality of life of individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss by providing valuable information, education, awareness, and guidance on cochlear implants. Staffed with a network of hearing health professionals and cochlear implant recipients, the BEA offers important support services to help you Hear and Be Heard.
CommunityWhen you or your child receives a cochlear implant system, you also become part of a lively community who are eager to provide answers, support and words of encouragement, making your journey to hearing more fulfilling.
Contact the BEA to receive our newsletter with information on new products, events and programs for your journey to hearing.
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