Listening Exercises:

Ideas for Listening Exercises to Augment (Re)Habilitation

• Animal Sounds
• Cochlear Implant w/Telecoil
• Paragraphs
• Music
• Sentences
• Software
• Telephone Practice

Animal Sounds

• http://www.animalden.net/sounds.htm

Cochlear Implant With Telecoil

• Bionicear.com - FM Systems
• Using the Nucleus3G Telecoil

Paragraphs

• http://www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html
• http://www.whitehouse.gov (click on radio/tv speeches)
• http://www.audio-bible.com
• http://www.prairiehome.org/listings/200112.shtml
• http://www.englishlistening.com/
• http://esl.about.com/library/courses/blcourses_beginner_listening.htm
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html
• Brain Connection - http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/
• ESL Gold - Listening Practice ? Sounds and Distinctions - www.eslgold.com/jsps/site.jsp?resource=pag_stu_pronunciation_sounds
• Randall's Listening Lab ? A Day at School - www.esl-lab.com/elem/elemrd1.htm
• Rudenko Book Reader ? www.rudenko.com
• Help Read? is FREE software that reads along with you while you do the reading -http://www.helpread.com/
• Audio Books ? Recorded books available for sale or rent ? CD and Cassette formats: http://www.audiobooks.com/ or http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/44/ref=br_bh_1_ab/102-9910858-9624108
• Other sources for Audio Books ? www.recordedbooks.com
• Look for those with no background music such as the following that other cochlear implant users have found effective:
  • Dr. Phil's Life Strategies
  • Bill O'Reilly's The No-Spin Zone
  • William J. Bennett's Book of Virtues
• A Prairie Home Companion ? Show Archives to listen and view - http://www.prairiehome.org/listings/index.shtml

Music Listening

• http://www.hearingloss.org/ciai/pdf/Cover%20Story%20on%20MusicCI%20JA04.pdf
• Tips for Listening to Music for People with Hearing Aids or Cochlear Implants

Sentences

Cochlear website ? tools for adults. Sentence samples - http://www.cochlear.com/Lifestyle/570.asp

Randall's Cyber Listening Lab - www.esl-lab.com

Randall's Cyber Listening Lab ? basic self-study guide

• www.esl-lab.com/guide.htm
• http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ai251/xcarol.html

Software and materials for purchase to build listening skills in adults and children:

• Earobics ? www.earobics.com
• Fast ForWord ? Scientific Learning ? www.scientificlearning.com
• Better Communication and Cochlear Implants ? Users Guide and Journal ? www.hearagainpublishing.com
• Building Music Skills: Noddy Theater ? Play a video clip from each of the episodes or sing alongwith the "Noddy" puppet songs and fairy tale songs ? six animations are
  featured. Listen to audio clips of the Noddy Songs - http://www.pbs.org/kids/noddy/theater/index.html
• Music Lyrics Websites: See the lyrics of popular songs to help with music enjoyment with your cochlear implant. The International Lyrics Server, http://www.lyrics.ch

The Mudcat Cafe presents The Digital Traditions Folksong Database Search Page, http://www.deltablues.com/folksearch.html

Annie's website
Tunes and lyrics from the past 50's and 60's
http://www.buffnet.net/~ambrosia/home.htm

Music from the 50' and 60' with lyrics -
http://www.biglyrics.com

Oldies with lyrics

• http://www.buffnet.net/~ambrosia/
• http://www.55-57chevys.com/coccc/radoowop.html
• http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/main_index/index.html

Yahoo's Launch - Music videos -
http://launch.yahoo.com/musicvideos/

Telephone practice:

Randall's Listening Lab ? Phone practice -
http://www.esl-lab.com/phone/phonerd1.htm

800 Directory - Find businesses (such as AMTRAK) that provide toll free recorded messages for listening practice
http://www.inter800.com/

800 numbers with pre-recorded messages:

• 1-800-829-4477 -- IRS
• 1-800-772-1213 -- Social Security
• 1-800-872-7245 ? Amtrak
• 1-800-366-1655 -- American Dietetic Association
• 1-800-555-8355 ? General

Excellent websites for listening practice:

Ellen Rhodes, Cert. AVT - Resource for newly implanted
teen or adult ?
independent listening practice ? Music, sentences,
animal sounds -
www.auditoryverbaltraining.com/websites.htm

Emotional and Expressive Synthesized Speech -
http://xenia.media.mit.edu/~cahn/emot-speech.html

TIP: If you are using the internet to search for resources for listening practice, search engines are a great way to find valuable materials. Simply go to a popular search engine and type a phrase such as: "books on tape", "music" (be specific), or "book reader".

Popular search engines:

• Google ? www.google.com
• Yahoo ? www.yahoo.com
• Ask Jeeves ? www.askjeeves.com
• Dogpile ? www.dogpile.com