6 Chapter 6: Language and Speech of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Chapter Outline
- Introduction
- Communication Options for Families of Children Who Are
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Systems Emphasizing Listening and Spoken Language
- Manual-Visual Systems
- Systems Combining Visual and Auditory Information
- Hearing as the Foundation for Speech and Language
- Factors Affecting Speech and Language Acquisition
- Language Characteristics of Children with Hearing Loss
- Impact of Hearing Loss on Language Components
- Language Assessment
- Formal Language Measures
- Language Sample and Narrative Analysis
- Speech Development in Children with Hearing Loss
- Speech Characteristics
- Speech Assessment
Supplemental Learning Activities
- Hands and Voices is a parent support and resource for families of children with hearing loss. One of its missions is to help provide non-biased information about communication options. Watch the video “Lost and Found” (http://www.handsandvoices.org/resources/video/index.htm).
- Google “cochlear implant simulation” and listen to what cochlear implants sound like. As you listen to the simulations, see how many words you can understand with the varying number of channels. Think about how more or fewer channels would impact speech and language development.
Websites
- Communication Options – Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- National Cued Speech Association
- National Associate of the Deaf
- The AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language
- Beginnings – For Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing – Reference Chart for Communication Options
- Oral deaf education
- Resources for families of children with hearing loss
