This resource includes a printable set of 30 Learning to Listen* Cards, an Observation Progress Monitoring Tool, and Tips For parents and professionals teaching the Learning To Listen Sounds and Phrases to a young child who is deaf or hard of hearing utilizing hearing technology such as cochlear implants or hearing aids with the goal of learning to listen and talk. 

INCLUDES:

1. High-resolution Learning To Listen cards for quality printing
2. Observation Progress Monitoring Tool
3. 10 Tips For teaching the Learning To Listen Sounds and Phrases
4. Listening to Listen Sounds - Actions and Adjectives

Learning to Listen Sound - Object Associations

Learning to Listen Sounds are associated with toys and objects that are commonly part of a baby or young child’s daily routines and activities. Individual families may use a variety of different Learning to Listen sounds, words and phrases depending on their lifestyle and culture. These onomatopoeic sounds contain acoustic properties that are significant in the perception of speech. The Learning to Listen Sounds are easy to hear for most babies wearing hearing technology.

Skilled interventionists coach parents and caregivers about auditory skill development while presenting the Learning to Listen toys or activities. Observation data can be collected about the child’s auditory access to aspects of speech like duration, intensity, pitch, and voicing as well as vowel and consonant perception by contrasting toys in strategically chosen groups. This information is critical for optimally setting hearing aids and programming cochlear implants.

*Adapted from Simser, 2002, Estabrooks, 2006, Estabrooks & Birkenshaw-Fleming, 1994.

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