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  2. Language deprivation in children with hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    Language deprivation in deaf and hard-of-hearing children is a delay in language development that occurs when sufficient exposure to language, spoken or signed, is not provided in the first few years of a deaf or hard of hearing child's life, often called the critical or sensitive period. Early intervention, parental involvement, and other ...

  3. Language acquisition by deaf children - Wikipedia

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    Because 90-95% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, [4] many deaf children are encouraged to acquire a spoken language. Deaf children acquiring spoken language use assistive technology such as hearing aids or cochlear implants, and work closely with speech language pathologists. Due to hearing loss, the spoken language acquisition ...

  4. Hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. [5] Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. [6] [7] Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. [2] In children, hearing problems can affect the ability to acquire spoken language, and in adults it can create difficulties with social interaction and at work. [8]

  5. Specific language impairment - Wikipedia

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    Specific language impairment (SLI) is diagnosed when a child's language does not develop normally and the difficulties cannot be accounted for by generally slow development, physical abnormality of the speech apparatus, autism spectrum disorder, apraxia, acquired brain damage or hearing loss.

  6. Language exposure for deaf children - Wikipedia

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    Language exposure for children is the act of making language readily available and accessible during the critical period for language acquisition.Deaf and hard of hearing children, when compared to their hearing peers, tend to face barriers to accessing language when it comes to ensuring that they will receive accessible language during their formative years. [1]

  7. Deaf education - Wikipedia

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    Class for deaf students in Kayieye, Kenya Deaf education is the education of students with any degree of hearing loss or deafness.This may involve, but does not always, individually-planned, systematically-monitored teaching methods, adaptive materials, accessible settings, and other interventions designed to help students achieve a higher level of self-sufficiency and success in the school ...

  8. Speech and language impairment - Wikipedia

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    Speech and language impairment are basic categories that might be drawn in issues of communication involve hearing, speech, language, and fluency. A speech impairment is characterized by difficulty in articulation of words. Examples include stuttering or problems producing particular sounds.

  9. Communication disorder - Wikipedia

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    Blindness – A link between communication skills and visual impairment with children who are blind is currently being investigated. [19] Deafness/frequent ear infections – Hearing impairments during language acquisition may lead to spoken language problems. Children with frequent ear infections may temporarily develop problems pronouncing ...