The chapter describes developments in the use of residual hearing in educating hearing impaired children from ancient times to the present and raises questions concerning the usefulness of auditory training, the age at which amplification should be provided, hearing and lipreading in combination, and effects of powerful hearing aids on residual…

The primary emphasis in mainstreaming hard of hearing children should be on providing the opportunity for optimum use of residual hearing. Evidence of the lack of attention to this area includes the fact that many children who have hearing aids do not wear them. Well trained educational audiologists acting as supportive personnel would enhance the…

This article outlines procedures for maximizing the benefits that profoundly deaf children can achieve through cochlear implants. The history of such implants and practical aspects in their use are described. Factors in development of speech perception skills, auditory training objectives and activities, and spoken language acquisition are…