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Most people communicate with each other by listening, speaking and writing. This is also true of the majority of people who have a hearing loss.
Hearing is our primary sense for receiving the world of sound – and one of the primary entrances to the “super highway” of the brain. When a person experiences a hearing loss, it is as if a “road block” has been placed along the path between the ear and the brain. And while hearing loss affects each person differently, it is generally true that the greater the severity of a person’s hearing loss, the more difficult it is to learn and communicate through hearing.
Infants and toddlers who are born with minimal hearing or who lose their hearing prior to learning language experience greater barriers to fully developing their listening and language skills. The greatest window of opportunity occurs in the first three years of a child’s life so there is no time to waste.
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Reprinted with the permission of the Alexander Graham Bell Association. © 2005 Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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