Recommendations for Intervention Since Zoey is 17-months old, the therapy should be focused on the family. After the cochlear implant surgery, the family will need a wide range of counseling to ensure that Zoey is given all the support she needs to ensure her cochlear implant is successful and reach the goals they made as a family. The parents should receive intensive information counseling on the cochlear implant device. Informational counseling includes providing information on a device, implications of Zoey’s hearing loss type, and steps to help manage her hearing loss before and after the cochlear implant surgery. Before the surgery, the family should learn about all the details of the surgery and the recovery time. After the surgery,
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Within 2 weeks of having the electrode implanted, it is key that Zoey’s device is turned on and auditory training, speech, and language therapy begins. Auditory training is used to maximize the individual’s hearing. For infants and toddler, auditory training has to be extremely flexible. During auditory training, Zoey will have to learn to deduce meaning from from the speech signal. Since Zoey will be implanted with little language skills, sound awareness will be the first skill to work on. During this stage, the therapist can play peak-a-book, musical chairs, or march to the beat of a drum. When Zoey has master sound awareness, the therapist will work on sound discrimination. Sound discrimination activities include play a game with toy animals and make animal noises, respond to a command (“draw this”), play same and different (cat and cat, vs. cat and bat), and repeat what you hear (“ba ba ba”). Following sound discrimination is identification. Tasks for identification could include play a board game and listen for the names of colors, play with stickers and point out the images, play go fish. The final step of auditory training is comprehension. Comprehension tasks include listen to a read-aloud story, playing I-Spy and 20 questions. Age plays a factor in the auditory training level Zoey may be at. In the earliest stages of Zoey’s …show more content…
Since Zoey is so young, in home therapy is likely the best option for her and her family. Since Zoey is young, and her parents explained that they try not leave the house as much with her because she has meltdown, in-home therapy might cause the least amount of stress for the family. It is important to talk with the family about their therapy options to make sure you are doing what is best for their family. Later in Zoey’s journey, group therapy might be extremely affective. Group therapy for Zoey could be extremely helpful because she will be exposed to others with hearing loss and it can help her prepare for school. Group therapy/Family therapy could be extremely beneficial for the parents to share their experiences and difficulties. Having a child with hearing loss can be emotionally and physically draining. Other parents who have children with hearing loss can act another support system for the
Within 2 weeks of having the electrode implanted, it is key that Zoey’s device is turned on and auditory training, speech, and language therapy begins. Auditory training is used to maximize the individual’s hearing. For infants and toddler, auditory training has to be extremely flexible. During auditory training, Zoey will have to learn to deduce meaning from from the speech signal. Since Zoey will be implanted with little language skills, sound awareness will be the first skill to work on. During this stage, the therapist can play peak-a-book, musical chairs, or march to the beat of a drum. When Zoey has master sound awareness, the therapist will work on sound discrimination. Sound discrimination activities include play a game with toy animals and make animal noises, respond to a command (“draw this”), play same and different (cat and cat, vs. cat and bat), and repeat what you hear (“ba ba ba”). Following sound discrimination is identification. Tasks for identification could include play a board game and listen for the names of colors, play with stickers and point out the images, play go fish. The final step of auditory training is comprehension. Comprehension tasks include listen to a read-aloud story, playing I-Spy and 20 questions. Age plays a factor in the auditory training level Zoey may be at. In the earliest stages of Zoey’s …show more content…
Since Zoey is so young, in home therapy is likely the best option for her and her family. Since Zoey is young, and her parents explained that they try not leave the house as much with her because she has meltdown, in-home therapy might cause the least amount of stress for the family. It is important to talk with the family about their therapy options to make sure you are doing what is best for their family. Later in Zoey’s journey, group therapy might be extremely affective. Group therapy for Zoey could be extremely helpful because she will be exposed to others with hearing loss and it can help her prepare for school. Group therapy/Family therapy could be extremely beneficial for the parents to share their experiences and difficulties. Having a child with hearing loss can be emotionally and physically draining. Other parents who have children with hearing loss can act another support system for the