These important resources are designed to help children with cochlear implants succeed in the classroom. In addition to supporting a child’s listening and language development, Advanced Bionics Tools for SchoolsTM help assure you that your students’ cochlear implant system is functioning properly at school.
Addison's Academic Success
“The ability to hear so clearly with her cochlear implants allows her to participate in group projects in the classroom and she doesn’t feel different or left out. With bilaterals, she is really able to hear everything that is going on all around the classroom. She doesn’t seem to have to focus too much on where the speaker is located.”
— Rachelle Blackmon, mother of Addison, implanted at age 19 months, bilaterally implanted at age 7
Educational Support
To help a child succeed in the classroom, utilize a variety of valuable resources, including posters, articles, Candidate Reference Cards, School Communication Logs, and more.
Classroom Management Downloads
Becoming Familiar with CI's Article (PDF, 1MB)
Cochlear Implants in the Classroom Article (PDF, 3MB)
Tips for Teaching a Child with a CI Reference Card (PDF, 630kB)
Cochlear Implant Audiology Referral Form (PDF, 396kB)
School Input Form (PDF, 407kB)
Behavioral Listening Check Form (PDF, 403kB)
Parent and School Communication Log (PDF, 636kB)
Cochlear Implant Programming Record (PDF, 638kB)
Audiogram of Familiar Sounds (PDF, 509kB)
Assessment Tools Downloads
Test Reference for Cochlear Implants (PDF, 114kB)
The Ling Six Sound Check (PDF, 346kB)
The Ling Six Sounds Card (PDF, 411kB)
The Ling Six Sounds Flashcards (PDF, 1MB)
The IT-MAIS (PDF, 3MB)
The Bilingual Family Interview Scale (BIFI) (PDF, 638kB)
Sounds of Speech Reference Card (PDF, 466kB)
Stages of Normal Communication Reference Card (PDF, 332kB)
AuSpLan Summary (PDF, 1015kB)
Loudness Scales for Teens (PDF, 73kB)
Loudness Scales for Children (PDF, 60kB)
Discover the Keys to Early Success
Tools for ToddlersTM provides free resources that help parents chronicle, support, and enhance their young child’s journey to hearing. From early intervention logs to literacy strategies to exploring communication options, these downloadable tools can help facilitate early language development.
Download Resources
Early Intervention Communication Log (PDF, 123kB)
Early Intervention Reference Card (PDF, 129kB)
Exploring Communication Options (PDF, 183kB)
Literacy Strategies for the Very Young Child (PDF, 186kB)
Bionic Ear Experience Book (PDF, 135kB)
Product Information
Product guides will help you become familiar with operating a child’s sound processor. If you suspect a problem with the processor, use the interactive troubleshooting guides to resolve any issues.
Maximize Hearing Potential
Listening practice is key to successfully managing and maximizing children’s success with cochlear implants. AB offers listening tools to assist you in the classroom.
The Listening Room
The Listening RoomTM provides you with a foundation of interactive and uniquely designed practice activities to support the development of speech, language, and listening skills in children.
Take advantage of The Listening Room's free resources for children with hearing loss.
- Refine the ability to discriminate sounds and speech
- Strengthen listening skills in challenging environments
- Improve listening on the phone
- Appreciate music
- Much more!
Login or register to access the extensive resources inside The Listening Room!
Bringing Music to Life with Christine Barton
This series is designed to raise participants’ awareness of the connection and similarities between music and speech and language development in children with cochlear implants. Additionally, our final course in this series offers information to teens and adults on how to enhance their music appreciation skills with the cochlear implant. This course is captioned.
AB Live Chat with Chris Barton
Bringing Music to Life for Young Children with Cochlear Implants. Captioned
About the presenter: Chris Barton MM, MT-BC, is an award-winning composer and performer. She began her musical career at age eight with a German concert pianist who pulled her students' ears when mistakes were made! Despite the rough start, Chris has retained her love of music. As a board certified music therapist, she has worked in child and adolescent psychiatry, hospice settings, school programs for autistic and brain-injured children and private practice. She currently directs Central Canal Creative Arts Therapies in Indianapolis and primarily sees young children with autistic spectrum and speech and hearing disorders. Many of the children she works with have cochlear implants. Chris is the mother of a teenage son with Asperger's Syndrome.
Tune Ups
Tune UpsTM was honored by Therapy Times as the Most Valuable Product in speech language pathology.
Developed by Christine Barton and Amy Robbins, Tune Ups is a music CD and a listening improvement program that seamlessly weaves music and language together to engage children who are hearing impaired for an incredible listening, language and overall learning experience.
The CD contains a collection of 18 songs that you can use to encourage speech and language development in children with hearing loss of all ages. Accompanying this CD are the music/lyric sheets, instructions on how to use each song to promote language development, and detailed information on how to use the Tune Ups approach in your therapy sessions.
To order, contact the Advanced Bionics office in your region.
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