Hearing disability can be defined as a disability that occurs as a result of the individual's inability to perceive acoustic stimuli less than normal or not at all due to a problem in the hearing mechanism for any reason.
Hearing disability, especially in the first two years of the child's life, If it is so advanced that it prevents the child from perceiving, distinguishing and understanding grammatical differences, he will face a great risk in acquiring his native language. As a result, he will be more likely to encounter problems in developing his academic skills in the later period of his life.
Reading and writing skills can only be built on speaking-based language skills. Because writing is speech transformed into visual symbols, reading is the reproduction and understanding of speech transformed into visual symbols. If the child cannot hear or distinguish the sound differences in words due to hearing impairment, linguistic deficiency may occur and as a result, reading and writing skills may naturally develop inadequately. These deficiencies in language, reading and writing will cause the child's academic development, which is closely related to literacy, to be delayed.
Therapy of Hearing Impairment
The hearing-impaired child is suitable After being equipped with a hearing aid, studies need to be carried out to improve hearing and listening skills by providing natural language experiences in appropriate environments.
The most necessary for hearing impaired children to develop their hearing and listening skills, which have an important role in speech acquisition, with the help of hearing remnants. An important tool is hearing aids. However, it should not be forgotten that these devices only amplify speech sounds, but do not completely eliminate hearing impairment in cases of severe or profound hearing loss. At the same time, since the microphones of hearing aids cannot distinguish between speech sounds and environmental noises, they collect and amplify all sounds coming into the microphone, especially the sounds coming from the closest sound source. For this reason, arrangements should be made in the educational environments of hearing-impaired children to facilitate the use of hearing aids and facilitate listening.
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