Sound Advice
Sound Advice is our new service for adults and children with Cochlear Implants, to help them get the most from their implant through advice & assessment.
In collobration with our friends at The Link Centre, Cochlear and Advanced Bionics we can give you or your child time to explore the particular issues and answer any questions you may have about your own or your child's implant.
For adult users of an implant we offer individual tailor made sessions with our team of professionals that can offer you services that include..
- Making the most of your implant
- Managing family and other relationships
- Listening skills
- Communication Skills and strategies
- Managing the work environment
- Troubleshooting with technical issues
- How your Cochlear Implant works
- And many other aspects of your day to day life
These 1 hour sessions are done in relaxed surroundings and will cost £60.00.
If you are a parent of a child who has a Cochlear Implant and have questions that you would like to explore, either in a session or a block, our family friendly professionals can work with your child on listening, speech & language and technological issues to learn how to help them at home.
We offer services for children and parents including...
- Time to talk to someone about your child's Cochlear Implant
- Someone to explain how to help your child to communicate and listen
- Someone to explain how you can help make your child progress in understanding and talking
- Technical equipment troubleshooting and using the accessories to the full capacity
These can be 1 hour sessions in relaxed and friendly surroundings and will cost £60.00.
We can also offer a more formal assessment and a full report with a...
- Speech & Language Therapist £200
- Teacher of the Deaf £200
- Education Psychologist £300
- Full Package £600
For further information and to discuss your needs please speak to Jo Collinson on 0115 9421985 or jo@earfoundation.org.uk