Creating an aural habilitation activity

PART A

1. Create an aural habilitation activity you might use to teach a child an auditory skill. I want you to make an activity for each level of audition (detection, discrimination, identification, and comprehension). Clarify the goal of the activity, what the activity is, what materials are needed to complete the activity, and what criteria you would use to say the goal has been acquired. (There should be 4 activities total)
   For example:
   Detection Goal: The goal of this activity is for the child to attend to the absence of the vowel. Activity: Present sustained vowels with your mouth uncovered so the child is able to practice with visual cues. Instruct the child to turn the lights off when he no longer hears the vowel. Practice with your mouth uncovered until the child understands the task. Using an acoustic hoop, cover your mouth and present vowels. The vowels should vary in duration (10 seconds to 1 second). Materials: acoustic hoop, light switch/ lamp, data sheet. Criteria: The goal is obtained once the child is able to detect the absence of a vowel 90% of the time with minimal help from the instructor.
2. Create an activity you might use to teach a child a speechreading skill. It can be any of the speechreading components (listening, recognition of body posture, gesture cues, awareness of facial cues and environmental cues, or lipreading). Clarify the goal of the activity, what the activity is, what materials are needed to complete the activity, and what criteria you would use to say the goal has been acquired. (There should be 1 activity total)
   For example:
   Gesture Cues Goal: The goal of this activity is to teach the child awareness of emphasis gesture cues (clenching fist to signal anger; throwing hands up in the air to signal "I don't know"). Activity: This can be a one-on-one activity or a group activity. Use a theatre theme to act out specific gesture cues you are working on. You and the child can dress up in simple costumes or use props. Have the child act out gesture cues for you to guess and also name what gesture cues you are acting out. Materials: costumes, props, a stage, etc. Criteria: the child should be able to discriminate and know the meaning of 5 overt gesture cues 90% of the time.

PART B
Just submit three interesting points about cochlear implants that you found on these websites. Be sure to tell how you would apply these points in working with a child who has a cochlear implant. Please do summarize.

PART C
Activity for Technologies
Research online one of the hearing aid companies below. Write a short summary covering possible accessories or advanced products, troubleshooting advice techniques, and any information or programs for children.
The following are the companies and their websites:
Phonak: www.phonak.com
Starkey: www.starkey.com
Oticon: www.oticon.com
Widex: www.widex.com

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