What is auditory training?

Описание: 👉On Monday mornings, I look forward to my auditory training sessions with Dr. Debbie Davis of Eastside Audiology.

The Buffalo Model pinpoints exactly where your hearing difficulties are and customizes the treatment to fix those specific issues.

Therapy is tailored to what the individual needs, focusing on phonemes and helping you to recognize and distinguish speech sounds.

An audiologist or speech-language pathologist provides the treatment in a one-to-one therapy model. There are 12 one-hour sessions, ideally spaced out every week for 12 weeks.

I was floored to discover that I was not hearing certain sounds (e.g., K) even in the cochlear implant that I have used for over 20 years. Without the emphasis on individual speech sounds, I would not have known. The good news is that training will help me to detect the sounds that I am missing!

The part I like best about working with Debbie is that she is constantly adjusting the difficulty level so that I am training very close to my threshold levels at all times. It’s a privilege to work with someone who is so experienced and who is tracking my progress closely.

It’s nice to have Monday morning joy, too! 🤩 Putting in effort and experiencing improvement is the definition of life with hope. 🧗🤞