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The Deaf Child in a Hearing Family - Nurturing Development (Paperback)
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The Deaf Child in a Hearing Family - Nurturing Development (Paperback)
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Hearing enables us to identify events from the sounds they make.
Because sound travels a long way, we can identify events at a
distance. Because sound travels rapidly we can identify events
almost as soon as they occur. And because sound travels around
corners we can identify events even when the objects involved
cannot be seen. One of the roles of hearing is that of watchdog. It
works when we are not looking. It works when our eyes are closed.
And it even works when we are asleep. During evolution, the
survival advantages of such a sense are obvious. Many animals have
further capitalized on hearing by generating sounds and using them
for communication. In human beings, this development has merged
with advanced cognitive abilities to produce spoken language.
Language, regardless of its form, is key to many aspects of human
development - cognitive, intellectual, literary, cultural, social,
and emotional. Spoken language is the form of choice in all human
societies. And hearing is crucial to the spontaneous acquisition of
spoken language by the developing child. Conversely, hearing
deficits place the development of spoken language at risk.And
language deficits place most other aspects of development at risk.
The importance of identifying childhood hearing loss as early as
possible cannot be overemphasized. Nor can the importance of speedy
and effective intervention designed to minimize both the hearing
deficit and its developmental impact. Boothroyd and Gatty's new
book is based on the assumption that the parents are hearing and
that spoken-language competence has been established as a goal.
Divided into six parts, the authors first summarize basic
information on sound, hearing, hearing loss, language, speech,
speech perception, and child development. For some readers, this
will be a review of information already covered. For others it will
serve as an introduction. Either way, it provides a background from
which to draw implications about the management of hearing loss.
The authors then move on to deal with sensory aspects of
management, including information on hearing aids, cochlear
implants, assistive listening devices, room acoustics, and
lipreading. The assumption is that a first step in management is to
optimize and capitalize on hearing when it is present and provide
supplements when it is not.The third part deals with steps that can
be taken to enrich the child's learning environment. The task of
the child is learning; the task of those who interact with the
child is to provide enriched environments and experiences that will
facilitate and speed learning. Some of this enrichment may occur in
clinical settings, some in day-care or preschool settings, and
some, perhaps most, in the home. A section on social-emotional
issues addresses the reactions of parents to the discovery that
their child has a hearing loss, and the promotion of
social-emotional development of the child, focusing on the need to
avoid overemphasis on attainment at the expense of affiliation. The
penultimate part deals with assessment - both formal and informal.
The authors' position is that the creation of an optimal learning
environment depends on knowledge and awareness of the child's
capacities, abilities, and performance. This information, they
assert, is essential for planning an effective, individualized
program, for monitoring progress and adapting strategies, and for
assessing outcome.The final part brings all the aforementioned
topics together and discusses the needs for comprehensive
intervention programs and intervention teams. For audiologists in
clinic, for school-based audiologists and speech-language
pathologists, and for special educators, the wisdom and many years
experience shared here make this book an essential and practical
guide to the effective management of hearing loss in children.
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