Communication Matters

My beautiful baby is born and the feelings of joy are immense. Everything is brand new and a little overwhelming. The routine hearing screening at the hospital is performed. Wait. What? My baby needs more testing? But that doesn’t make sense! We have no history of hearing loss in the family and my baby is "healthy.” I do as suggested and schedule a full diagnostic test. The results show a permanent hearing loss. The audiologist is recommending hearing aids.

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What to Look for at Various Ages

Birth to 6 Months

• Responds to sounds (startles, turns head).
• Quiets to familiar voices.
• By 6 months, responds to name being called.
• Vocalizes when talked to.
• Begins to coo.

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If your child has difficulty with any of the listed signs and symptoms, a language learning evaluation conducted by a speech-language pathologist SLP) is recommended.

• Reads slowly and painfully
• Shows wide disparity between listening comprehension and reading comprehension of some text; that is, they understand if someone tells them

Tags: Speech, Language, Communication, reading, literacy, Learning

 

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Did you know that reading aloud is the single most important thing a parent or caregiver can do to help a child prepare for reading and learning?

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Tags: Speech, Language, Communication, reading, literacy, Wilson Reading Program, Reading Summer Camp

 

This developmental chart lists some skills typical of a child's development from infancy through 5 years. Children may vary in their development, and, of course, the best gift you can give a child at any age is your love and affection. If you have any questions concerning your child's development, contact your pediatrician and/or ask about our early intervention program.

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Communicating with your deaf or hard of hearing child is extremely important. The key to your child's language development and learning success is using two-way communication: that is, interacting with your child and encouraging your child to interact with you.

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A communication disorder is an impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic symbol systems. A communication disorder may be evident in the processes of hearing, language, and/or speech. A communication disorder may range in severity from mild to profound.

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Stuttering is a communication disorder in which the flow of speech is broken by repetitions (li-li-like this), prolongations (lllllike this), or abnormal stoppages (no sound) of sounds and syllables. There may also be unusual facial and body movements associated with the effort to speak.

Tags: Speech, Language, Communication, Teens, Stuttering