Learning to hear /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Whetnall, Edith
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Fry, Dennis Butler; Niven, R. B
Published: William Heinemann Medical Books,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 1970.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780433232506
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (viii, 144 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781483141732
148314173X
Index Number: HV2391
CLC: C913.69
Contents: Front Cover; Learning to Hear; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; EDITOR'S PREFACE; CHAPTER I. HOW IT BEGAN; The Editor; CHAPTER II. THE EAR AND HOW IT WORKS; CHAPTER III. WE HEAR WITH OUR BRAINS; EVOLUTION OF HEARING; LEARNING TO HEAR; EFFECTS OF DEAFNESS ON LEARNING TO HEAR; CONDITIONS FOR LEARNING TO HEAR; CHAPTER IV. DEAF BUT NOT DUMB; Speech and Language; Baby Sounds and Babbling; Deaf Babies Babble; What is a Language?; From Babbling to Baby-talk; Words and More Words; Talking Grammar; CHAPTER VI. TYPES AND CAUSES OF DEAFNESS; TYPES OF DEAFNESS; CAUSES OF DEAFNESS IN CHILDREN.
Chapter vii. detection of deafness: tests of hearingdetection; tests of hearing; psychological testing; chapter viii. auditory training; auditory training when deafness is diagnosed late; the deaf child in a hearing school; children with multiple handicaps; chapter ix. hearing aids; characteristics of a hearing aid; function and fallacies in the use of hearing aids; choice of a hearing aid; other methods of amplifying sound; conclusion; epilogue; index.