For hearing-impaired children, the development of listening skills
is the basis for successful spoken language, communication, and
conversation. This book presents a rationale and framework for
auditory learning in childhood, and it describes a wide range of
practical listening activities that can be applied during everyday
interaction with a deaf child. Written for parents, teachers, and
students, the book will serve as a guide to intervention and
practice. Recurrent themes include adult-child interaction, careful
observation of communication behavior, adaptation to the child's
abilities, introduction of complex listening tasks to challenge the
child, and application of effective communication strategies. The
book contains not only basic activities for listening practice, but
also proposes methods for adaptive auditory assessment,
conversation-based therapy, telephone-communication training,
self-help communication strategies for children, and use of a
hearing-loss simulator to develop speech and language clarity in
communication partners. It shows how adults can become better
communicators and how they can help hearing-impaired children
maximize their listening skills. Many of the teaching/therapeutic
methods are based on evidence obtained from research studies. Other
methods are based on practical experience obtained in pre-schools,
classrooms, clinics, and parent-advisory centers. References to
supporting literature are provided throughout the text. "Auditory
Communication for Deaf Children is an excellent book from start to
finish. All topics are presented in short, easy-to-understand
segments. Charts, diagrams, and other graphic aids are ubiquitious,
providing readers with "how-to's" at a glance. Highly recommended."
Choice, September 2012, Vol. 50 No. 01
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