Children with Hearing Loss

Children With Hearing Loss: Developing Listening and Talking, Birth to Six (3rd Edition) is an updated, comprehensive guide for professionals and parents supporting infants and young children with hearing loss in developing spoken language through listening. The text integrates current research, clinical practices, and family-centered strategies to optimize auditory and language outcomes.

Key Features:

• Covers auditory brain development, auditory skill-building, and spoken language acquisition.
• Provides updated guidance on audiologic technologies, vestibular function, and intervention services.
• Emphasizes family-focused approaches, including coaching and caregiver-guided strategies.
• Includes tools such as the Framework for Maximizing Caregiver Effectiveness and Targets for Auditory/Verbal Learning.
• Highlights strategies for fostering independence and self-advocacy in young children.
• Contains numerous illustrations, charts, and graphs for clear, practical understanding.
• Serves as a resource for undergraduate and graduate students, LSLS specialists, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, educators, and parents.
• Chapters 1–5 and 7 provide insights applicable to individuals of all ages with hearing loss, including newly diagnosed adults.