The fourth edition of Children With Hearing Loss: Developing Listening and Talking, Birth to
Six is a dynamic compilation of important information for the facilitation of spoken language …

Recent decades have been marked by a steadily increasing emphasis on neural
determinants of behavior. Concerns with socio-cultural processes have simultaneously been …

Hearing loss is primarily a brain issues, not an ear issue. Technology, eg cochlear implants
and hearing aids are necessary to reach the brain of a child with hearing loss in order to …

Hearing is a sense; listening is a skill. Listening can be thought of as applying meaning to
sound: allowing the brain to organize, establish vocabulary, develop receptive and …

Working memory has a crucial role in one's effective communication, especially for the
speech and language comprehension. The purpose of this study is to compare the auditory …

Auditory deficiencies have profound implications for the development of communication
abilities, social exchange, and cognitive skills. Although advances in technological …

Changes in the treatment of early childhood hearing loss have had a significant impact on
the practice of deaf education. The combination of earlier diagnosis and intervention and …

In this clinical exchange, the authors discuss acoustic accessibility and sound-field
amplification in general education classrooms. They bridge theory to practice by presenting …

This chapter focuses on the changing world for pediatric audiologists, brought about in large
part by brain research and innovations in technology. Because hearing occurs in the brain …

Hearing loss (HL) is one of the most common birth conditions in the United States, affecting
approximately 3 in 1,000 newborns. Depending on the degree of HL, children receive …