Development of Audition and Speech: Implications for Early Intervention with Infants Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine

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ERIC Number: EJ611331

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Development of Audition and Speech: Implications for Early Intervention with Infants Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine

Volta Review, v100 n5 p213-34 Nov 1999

This article presents information about the auditory and speech development of infants with normal hearing and those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Methods of assessing hearing, evidence of auditory learning prior to birth, behavior assessment procedures, hearing aid use, and early identification and speech development are discussed. (Contains extensive references.) (CR)

Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Child Development, Deafness, Early Identification, Early Intervention, Hearing Aids, Hearing Impairments, Infants, Language Acquisition, Speech Communication

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme Issue: Language, Speech, and Social-Emotional Development of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: The Early Years. Part 2: Speech.