Aural Rehabilitation (Free Practice)

Aural Rehabilitation is a form of speech therapy that is directed towards helping individuals with hearing loss learns strategies to promote the effectiveness of their communication. For those who have decided to take the next step and get hearing aids or an implant, Aural Rehabilitation is extremely important in helping individuals (re-)build neural pathways in their brain to make sense of the sound they are now able to hear. While this will happen naturally through your everyday communication, Aural Rehabilitation helps speed up the process.  Just an hour a day can go a long way!

Below, I have provided some options for anyone who is interested in starting their own Aural Rehabilitation at home for free:

The Listening Gym

*These activities were created for cochlear implant recipients.

http://www.hearingjourney.com/Listening_Room/Teens_and_Adults/Listening_Gym/index.cfm?langid=1

Cambridge| Interchange Arcade

*These are phonics games that were originally created for kids.

http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/sortbytype.do?level=0&type=Cup_word_up

*Interactive activities (that I found to be sort of fun) that are geared towards children to help them understand language but listening to sounds is a large part of the activities.

Many Things

*These activities were specifically created for ESL students.

http://www.manythings.org/repeat/

*Listen and repeat exercises.

http://www.manythings.org/lar/

*Listening to conversation dialogs.

ESL Lab

*These activities were specifically created for ESL students.

http://www.esl-lab.com/

*This website provides SO many practice examples at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Activities consist of listening to a short conversation dialog and completing quiz on the content of the conversation.

Posit Science

*These phonics activities were specifically created for kids.

http://www.positscience.com/games-teasers/brain-games-kids/sound-discrimination

Also, if you do a google search for "phonic activities", most of the programs you find should be helpful as long as listening is a large piece of the activity.