Click Here to go to Audiotech's Corporate Website. There are so many things for parents to contemplate when a child is diagnosed with a hearing loss. There are more options than you might think. And parent s choices depend on things like the level of hearing a child has and how early the problem was diagnosed. When there is an early, significant hearing loss, the way a child learns language is altered.
All babies learn language and speech by babbling.
Those who can hear learn to train their lips, tongues and voices to imitate the sounds they hear around them. Audiologists point out that it s crucial for children to be fitted with hearing aids as young as possible. This will enhance residual hearing and allow for the possibility of language development. Depending upon their level of hearing, optimally aided children are good candidates for a skills program that teaches them to use their residual hearing and communicate using spoken language, auditory verbal therapy involves a family commitment and usually weekly hour-long sessions. Bernstein says children typically stay in auditory-verbal therapy for years and often attend regular schools.