When hearing is lost, it can become frustrating and fatiguing to get through a normal conversation. A person may become more isolated from family and friends. Typcially, the more active the person, the more problems a hearing loss will present and the more important it is to seek professional help. Celebrate May is Better Speech and Hearing Month. Speech is the production of sounds that make up words or sentences.
Language refers to the understanding and use of words and sentences that form and convey ideas.
Hearing is the ability to receive and process sound information and is the building block upon which the communication system is constructed. Communication development requires normal hearing ability. Children must hear the sounds of speech and attach meaning to the language around them in order to produce the same types of behaviours. Typical development covers a wide variety of behaviours. This variation depends upon how many words a child understands, whether he or she has had any medical problems, ear infections and many other factors.