Rehabilitative treatment of hearing-impaired children.
The prevalence of hearing impairment and the educational effects of untreated hearing problems are described and the conditions required for verbal learning among severely and profoundly hearing-impaired children are outlined. Results of a longitudinal study undertaken at McGill University are briefly presented and the spoken language skills acquired by profoundly hearing-impaired children enrolled in this study are discussed.
D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D014706:Verbal Learning