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Advances in the Spoken Language Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children (Hardcover)
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Advances in the Spoken Language Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children (Hardcover)
Series: Perspectives on Deafness
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Throughout history there have been efforts to help deaf children
develop spoken language through which they could have full access
to the hearing world. These efforts, although pursued seriously and
with great care, frequently proved fruitless, and often only
resulted in passionate arguments over the efficacy of particular
approaches. Although some deaf children did develop spoken
language, there was little evidence to suggest that this
development had been facilitated by any particular education
approach, and moreover, many, even most deaf children--especially
those with profound loss--never develop spoken language at all.
Recent technological advances, however, have led to more positive
expectations for deaf children's acquisition of spoken language:
Innovative testing procedures for hearing allow for early
identification of loss that leads to intervention services during
the first weeks and months of life. Programmable hearing aids allow
more children to make use of residual hearing abilities. Children
with the most profound losses are able to reap greater benefits
from cochlear-implant technologies. At the same time, there have
been great advances in research into the processes of deaf
children's language development and the outcomes they experience.
As a result, we are, for the first time, accruing a sufficient base
of evidence and information to allow reliable predictions about
children's progress that will, in turn, lead to further advances.
The contributors to this volume are recognized leaders in this
research, and here they present the latest information on both the
new world evolving for deaf and hard-of-hearing children and the
improved expectations for their acquisition ofspoken language.
Chapters cover topics such as the significance of early
vocalizations, the uses and potential of technological advances,
and the cognitive processes related to spoken language. The
contributors provide objective information from children in a
variety of programming: using signs; using speech only; using cued
speech, and cutting-edge information on the language development of
children using cochlear implants and the innovations in service
provision.
Along with its companion volume, Advances in Sign-Language
Development of Deaf Children, this book will provide a deep and
broad picture of what is known about deaf children's language
development in a variety of situations and contexts. From this base
of information, progress in research and its application will
accelerate, and barriers to deaf children's full participation in
the world around them will continue to be overcome.
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