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Sound-Object Associations

A free downloadable module courtesy of Listen Up! and Ellen A. Rhoades Ed.S., Cert. AVT

This module was prepared in response to the many requests we have received asking for something for the beginning listener. It is a free module that can be downloaded from our web site and passed on to anyone that can use it. It includes an excellent article written by Ellen Rhoades telling us a bit about the purpose behind each of the sounds. We've even included a chart to keep track of progress and 18 Learning To Listen cards.

We hope that you enjoy this free module. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments.

Click here To Download Your Free Learning To Listen Sounds Module

(599 KB)

Occasionally I'm getting reports of folks having problems with the above file. If you have problems, you might want to try downloading it in parts. If you have problems downloading these, please let me know.

• Part 1 - Introduction and Ellen Rhoade's Article
• Part 2 - Progress Chart
• Part 3 - Page 1 of Cards
• Part 4 - Page 2 of Cards
• Part 5 - Page 3 of Cards

This free module is available only in PDF format - Adobe Acrobat Reader required - if you don't have it, download it free from Adobe.

One mother writes and gives us this great idea:

"A while back I copied the baby freebees off of the "Listen up and talk up" page of your web site. Now that my 16 month old son has his CI and is in AV therapy, I have been looking for ways to incorporate those beginning sounds into our lives. I discovered that I could print magnets of all of those beginning words/sound pictures (moo/cow, quack/duck, etc.) and stick them all over the house (washer, dryer, refrigerator, computer desk, etc.) can even take them in the car the baby can stick them on the bottom of a small cookie sheet while I drive and it keeps him from pulling off his CI while in the car. My son loves them he pulls them off and moves them and puts them on 100 times a day, good way for me to keep talking with him while I'm getting other things done. Be sure to make them big enough (4" at least) so the little ones don't eat 'em. Also, I cut out the pictures off of his Christmas present packaging so some of the magnets match some of the toys we use for sound play."

Another mother tells us:

"I just got a magnet maker and another thing you can do is to play "go fish" with them....just buy a cheap dowel, attach and string and a magnet...although the magnet isn't always strong enough it works well enough for the little guys. Also I use clip art and pictures in addition to the learning to listen pictures."

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