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:
Practice conversational techniques:
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.