Deaf Children and their Families

Gregory, Susan; Newson, John; Newson, Elizabeth

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511581885

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“…Bilateral PCHI can have a devastating impact on communication skills (Conrad, 1979), educational attainment (Wood et al, 1986), and quality of life (Gregory, 1995;Cheng et al, 2000), with a high cost to society (Mohr et al, 2000).…”

Section: Screening For Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment (June 2mentioning

confidence: 99%

Current practice, accuracy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the school entry hearing screen

Bamford¹,

Fortnum²,

Bristow³

et al. 2007

Health Technol Assess

124

153

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Section: Screening For Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment (June 2mentioning

confidence: 99%

Current practice, accuracy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the school entry hearing screen

Bamford¹,

Fortnum²,

Bristow³

et al. 2007

Health Technol Assess

124

153

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“…Permanent childhood hearing impairment can have a devastating impact on communication skills,1 educational attainment,2 and quality of life, 3 4 with a high cost to society 5. Improved outcomes for children with congenital impairment are associated with confirmation and intervention by 6 months of age 6.…”

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Prevalence of permanent childhood hearing impairment in the United Kingdom and implications for universal neonatal hearing screening: questionnaire based ascertainment study Commentary: Universal newborn hearing screening: implications for coordinating and developing services for deaf and hearing impaired children

Fortnum

Summerfield²,

Marshall³

et al. 2001

BMJ

435

245

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Objective To estimate the prevalence of confirmed permanent childhood hearing impairment and its profile across age and degree of impairment in the United Kingdom. Design Retrospective total ascertainment through sources in the health and education sectors by postal questionnaire. Setting Hospital based otology and audiology departments, community health clinics, education services for hearing impaired children.

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“…The remaining 4% are born to deaf parents, and in most cases, though not always, the primary language of the home is a sign language. Many hearing parents are initially uninformed about fundamental language matters and turn to the medical profession, the internet, their spiritual leaders, and/or their friends and family for advice about the language choices they need to make for their children (Luterman 1979, Gregory 1995, Porter & Edirippulige 2007. Too often, those they turn to are under-or misinformed about the language needs of deaf children (Meader & Zazove 2005).…”

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Ensuring language acquisition for deaf children: What linguists can do

Humphries¹,

Kushalnagar²,

Mathur³

et al. 2014

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Parents of small deaf children need guidance on constructing home and school environments that affect normal language acquisition. They often turn to physicians and spiritual leaders and, increasingly, the internet. These sources can be underinformed about crucial issues, such as matters of brain plasticity connected to the risk of linguistic deprivation, and delay or disruption in the development of cognitive skills interwoven with linguistic ability. We have formed a team of specialists in education, linguistics, pediatric medicine, and psychology, and at times specialists in theology and in law have joined our group. We argue that deaf children should be taught a sign language in the early years. This does not preclude oral-aural training and assistive technology. With a strong first language (a sign language), the child can become bilingual (with the written form of the ambient spoken language and, perhaps, the spoken form), accruing the benefits of bilingualism. We have published in medical journals, addressing primary care physicians, in a journal with a spiritual-leader readership, and in a health-law journal. Articles in progress address medical educators and practitioners. Team members present findings at conferences, work on lobbying and legislative efforts with the National Association of the Deaf, and spread the word at conferences of target audiences. We share our work in Word format, so that anyone can easily appropriate it for our common interests. One of our articles has been downloaded over 27,000 times (as of April 2014), and we are asked to consult with committees in other countries as they draft national policies.

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Deaf Children and their Families

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Current practice, accuracy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the school entry hearing screen

Current practice, accuracy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the school entry hearing screen

Ensuring language acquisition for deaf children: What linguists can do

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