Impact of Hearing Loss on Children and Adults

Misunderstandings and social isolation

They may struggle to understand instructions presented verbally and communicate with teachers and peers.

Acting out, aggression, withdrawal, or inattention in the classroom

<p>Onset, nature of hearing loss, age of intervention, support received</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Early amplification intervention devices, communication skills training, educational support, speech therapy, counseling, and family support</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It visually describes where the sounds used in everyday human speech occur on an audiogram.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Auditory listening skills, processing, localization, phonological awareness, and auditory memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It can affect vocabulary and language, sentence structure and comprehension, speech sounds, speech production, and reading and literacy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is difficult due to the challenge of recognizing and manipulating individual sounds in words and remembering and retaining auditory information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The impact is more apparent when listening in a noisy environment, where sounds compete with the signal, further masking the speech.</p> Signup and view all the answers