Children with Developmental Challenges

Children With Developmental Challenges 3(2+1)

Lesson 16 : Services for Hearing Impaired

General Services for young children with Hearing Impairments

• Early intervention (birth through age 5).
• Screening programmes designed to detect hearing loss in schools.
• Identification and early intervention for children who are born with hearing impairment.
• Universal New born screening programmes for identification of hearing loss in infants (popular in USA).
• Emphasis on parent and family instruction and involvement in early intervention programmes.
• Design of individual interventional strategy based on the needs.