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Family education of children with hearing impairment: features of training and method
Raising children with hearing impairments requires a lot of patience from parents. Depending on the degree of deafness, it is necessary to select different methods of speech development.
Features of the manifestation of child deafness
The sooner a child’s hearing problem is noticed, the more effective the treatment will be. If the child does not hear the mother’s voice, it is difficult for him to start talking. The stages of “humming” and “babbling” pass like ordinary children, and then silence ensues.
The upbringing of children and the correction of hearing impairment problems should be started as early as possible.
There are several signs you need to look out for in order to identify hearing loss:
- The child does not respond to sounds.
- The kid sits close to the TV, although the sound is quite loud.
- The child does not hear voices if the person is out of sight.
- The child often asks and monitors facial expressions.
- While speaking on the phone, he shifts the receiver from ear to ear.
The strange behavior of a child when he torments his ears should be alarming. In elementary school, the kid does not write dictations well, rearranges endings, confuses whistling and hissing sounds, and distorts words during a conversation.
Hearing loss correction methods
Hearing problems are divided into complete deafness and varying degrees of hearing loss. Deafness is the inability to recognize sounds even with special devices. Hearing loss is divided into 4 degrees according to the level of loudness perception. The degree of hearing loss can be determined at an audiology center.
The audiologist prescribes treatment, sometimes recommends a hearing aid or cochlear implantation – hearing aids. The implant receives electronic impulses and transmits them to the remnants of the auditory nerve. Working on a special program will teach a person to understand incoming signals.
Any auxiliary device requires long-term work with a specialist audiologist.
There are special schools in which children are divided into groups according to the degree of perception of sounds. Classes are aimed at the development of residual hearing with the connection of the other senses: sight, touch.
Teaching infants and young children
Working with an infant focuses on the perception of sounds with the help of a hearing aid. The child begins to react to everyday sounds and mother’s voice. Later, the child is taught to react to his name, to fixate on the sounds of speech and facial expressions of adults, and also to perceive musical toys.
Family education of preschoolers
The family needs to maintain continuous communication with the deaf child, possibly with a hearing aid. All classes must be coordinated with an audiologist. Teach your child to read and test how he understands the meaning of words and expressions.
Work with childhood hearing problems should be started as early as possible. Visit a doctor and follow the recommendations so that the little person gets the opportunity to live a full life.