Recently in the United States, there has been a drive at both the state and national level to provide universal screening for newborns to detect hearing loss. Although the idea of a universal screening in newborns is a new phenomenon, research has examined the impact of early intervention and screening for children with hearing loss. “Most professionals in the field feel strongly that early identification of hearing loss and early implementation of intervention enhances the child’s social, communicative, and academic development” (Calderon, 1998, p. 54). With that, the two studies used participants in the same early intervention program and mainly focused on the importance of the age of enrollment. Furthermore, the age of enrollment was used to study the effect it had on the children after completion of the early intervention program. In the first study, the children’s speech, language, and auditory skills were evaluated when they exited the program. While in the second study, the evaluation was of the children’s language development at exit, subsequent language, academic, and social-emotional development after graduation from the program. These studies were able to provide additional support for the importance of early identification and intervention in language, academic, and social-emotional development.
Children with a significant hearing loss tend to struggle and are at risk, falling below their potential. Often times children with a hearing loss do poor academically and have delays in critical thinking skills, language, and may often struggle when it comes to their social and emotional development. These struggles are because language plays an important role in overall development. Current early intervention is more ...
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...em earlier entry into a program. “These follow-up findings are exciting in that early-entering children are graduating early intervention with age-appropriate language and continuing to maintain age-appropriate language. These longer-term results are further testament to the importance of early detection, identification, and enrollment in early intervention” (Calderon, 1998, p.70). Therefore the earlier children can get evaluated, the better life will be for that child and their family because they will be able to get age-appropriate auditory stimulation allowing for more success academic, reading, language, and social-emotional development.
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Calderon, R. & Naidu, S. (1998). Further support for the benefits of early identification and intervention for children with hearing loss. Volta Review, 100(5), 53-84. http:// web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail
Sheridan, M. (2009) Bookreview of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Deaf and Hearing Persons with Language and Learning Challenges.
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