Other students have the potential to be taught these skills. All children have the goal and potential of achieving communicative competence. Following the Lead One Child at a Time There are no concrete and objective tests that determine how skilled a child will become in spoken language. The audiogram is limited to measuring how well a child hears pure tones and yields no information about how well a child comprehends spoken language within a communicative context. I have seen children with moderate losses have less success in speaking than children with severe losses.
Different children respond differently to amplification.
If children are exposed to American Sign Language and spoken English at an early age, they have the opportunity to develop both languages to their utmost individual potential. Exposed to language that is visual and auditory, signed and spoken, the deaf child receives the benefit of a complete visual language and the advantage of early auditory input. It is important to remember that American Sign Language and English, as atwo distinct languages, be presented separately. This makes it possible to expose all children to both languages at an early age and enables those who can develop spoken language skills to begin to do so. Keeping the languages separate also helps the teacher or therapist determine exactly how much information the child is receiving through auditory means.