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Approximately 3 in 1,000 babies are born with permanent hearing loss, making hearing loss one of the most common birth defects in America. (Ross et al., 2008) Hearing loss can have a significant impact on the development of a child’s speech and language, academic achievement, social success and later vocational success. However, children who receive good early intervention and educational support services have significantly better outcomes (Nicholas & Geers, 2006). Most children with hearing loss are able to progress at age-appropriate rates when services are delivered by well trained and educated staff (Geers, et al., 2009). During this seminar we hope to give you further information on hearing loss, how the normal and abnormal hearing ear works, assistive technology and necessary accommodations for children with hearing loss, educational impacts of hearing loss, and much, much more!
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