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An in-depth, longitudinal study of the speech and oral language development of eight infants with a profound hearing loss is presented in this book. Each infant received early auditory intervention focused on developing their speech and oral language. Infants were tracked for two years, during the period when they changed from a hearing aid to a cochlear implant.
Despite a wide range of individual differences across the group of infants, the results suggest some general trends. The findings support and extend previous studies which have demonstrated the benefits of early intervention for
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Produktbeschreibung
An in-depth, longitudinal study of the speech and
oral language development of eight infants with a
profound hearing loss is presented in this book. Each
infant received early auditory intervention focused
on developing their speech and oral language. Infants
were tracked for two years, during the period when
they changed from a hearing aid to a cochlear implant.

Despite a wide range of individual differences across
the group of infants, the results suggest some
general trends. The findings support and extend
previous studies which have demonstrated the benefits
of early intervention for communication development
in infants with hearing loss.

Factors affecting rates of development were
multifaceted and the findings capture the complexity
of early oral language development, which has been
lacking in previous studies of infants with
significant hearing loss, receiving a cochlear
implant. Results suggest that continued intensive
long-term intervention is required if the infants are
to attain typical oral speech and language
development. Results also provide support for
implantation before 12 months of age.
Autorenporträt
Dr Maree Doble has been a speech language pathologist for 20
years specialising in oral deaf education and auditory-verbal
therapy for over 10 years. Dr Doble is Diretor of Programs at The
Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children in Sydney, Australia, and an
Honorary Associate at Macquarie University, lecturing in aural
rehabilitation.