Guides and Tips for your next Adventure

USING THE TELEPHONE


Level One

Practice positioning the telephone receiver over the microphone on the audio processor. Using a speakerphone can be useful.

Discriminate between different telephone tones.

Practice hellos and good-byes, gender identification and caller identification.

Ask your buddy to use a telephone “code” to answer simple questions you ask, such as “Yes-Yes,” “No,” and “I Don’t Know.” Codes are helpful if you are not yet able to use the phone well.  The number of syllables provide a clue to the answer of the question.

Practice simple conversational techniques:

  • Use prepared conversations with written text, like a section in a children’s book or from a newspaper
  • One-item questions – “Did you go by train?”

Level Two

Practice conversational techniques:

  • “Either/Or” questions –  “Did you go by bus or car?”
  • Closed-set (limited set) questions – “Which day do you want to go?”
  • Open-set questions with a clue – “Where do you want to go?”

Level Three

Progress from simple to more complex conversations with random sentences.

Use a range of speakers with random sentences.

Try different types of telephones - landlines and mobile phones, with a speakerphone.

Practice in different listening environments.

Work through interactive exercises such as making an appointment or ordering a take-out dinner.

Content excerpted from "Living and Hearing with a Cochlear Implant" by MED-EL.



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