By Shelley R. Moats and Madeline Brimmer
This article is a part of the January/February 2024, Volume 36, Number 1, Audiology Today issue.
In the world of pediatric audiology, access to spoken communication with hearing devices, including individual phonemes of speech, can make or break a child’s ability to perceive—and therefore produce—sounds of speech with accuracy.
Speech and language deficits experienced by children who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) are directly related to a reduction in auditory input, which in turn affects academic achievement, social-emotional development, and post-secondary occupational success (Tomblin et al, 2014). This underscores the importance of ensuring appropriate audibility for every child who is D/HH by using evidence-based procedures for fitting different types of hearing devices.
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