Screen LibraryRaising and educating a deaf child : a comprehensive guide to the choices, controversies, and decisions faced by parents and educators /
"Deaf children are not hearing children who can't hear, and having a deaf child is not analogous to having a hearing child who can't hear. Beyond any specific effects of hearing loss, deaf children are far more diverse than their hearing age-mates. A lack of access to language, limite...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Deaf children are not hearing children who can't hear, and having a deaf child is not analogous to having a hearing child who can't hear. Beyond any specific effects of hearing loss, deaf children are far more diverse than their hearing age-mates. A lack of access to language, limited incidental learning and social interactions, as well as the possibility of secondary disabilities, mean that deaf children face a variety of challenges in language, social, and academic domains. In recent years, technological innovations such as digital hearing aids and cochlear implants have improved hearing |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780190643522 (paperback) : 0190643528 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | HV2391 |
| CLC: | G762 |
| Call Number: | G762/M363/3rd ed. |
| Contents: | A deaf child in the family -- Practical aspects of hearing loss -- Communication with deaf and hard-of-hearing children -- Early interactions : the roots of childhood -- Language development and language use -- Going to school -- Learning to read and write -- How deaf children learn (and why they sometimes don't) -- Living in the real world -- Where do we go from here? |