News tagged with deaf children

Study shows significant language progress after two cochlear implants

(Medical Xpress) -- An ongoing study of 45 deaf children who had two cochlear implants finds that their language skills are within the normal range. Cochlear implants replace the eardrum by delivering an electric signal from ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scissors, paste, sign language: Study to show deaf children's enculturation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning to be a member of a culture is a primary developmental task for all young children. For most, it happens at home. But for deaf children around the world – more than 90 percent ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research reveals deaf adults see better than hearing people

Adults born deaf react more quickly to objects at the edge of their visual field than hearing people, according to groundbreaking new research by the University of Sheffield.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

It's all in the hands: Signing simplified

From video games to cell phone apps, making sign language easier to learn.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children with cochlear implants appear to achieve similar educational and employment levels as peers

Deaf children who receive cochlear implants appear more likely to fail early grades in school, but they ultimately achieve educational and employment levels similar to their normal-hearing peers, according to a report in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Social care services are failing deaf children, says report

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Manchester research has revealed that the majority of social care services are failing deaf children and their families - despite the fact that deaf children are more than twice as likely to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Deaf children with cochlear implants report similar quality of life to that of normal-hearing kids

Profoundly deaf children with cochlear implants to help them to hear rate their quality of life equal to their normal-hearing peers, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center auditory specialists.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Word learning in deaf children with cochlear implants

Learning words may be facilitated by early exposure to auditory input, according to research presented by the Indiana University School of Medicine at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children with cochlear implants have quality of life equal to normal hearing peers

Children who have cochlear implants (CI) rank their quality of life (QOL) equal to their normally hearing (NH) peers, indicates new research in the February 2010 issue of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.

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created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Expressing comparisons is possible even without language, researchers find

(PhysOrg.com) -- Making comparisons between objects, like comparing a tiger to a cat, is elemental in the development of a child’s ability to grasp the concept of categories.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wis. could be first to require cochlear implants

(AP) -- Wisconsin could become the first state requiring private insurance companies to cover cochlear implants for children with severe hearing problems. The state Legislature passed a bill Thursday requiring private health ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Deaf children use hands to invent own way of communicating

Deaf children are able to develop a language-like gesture system by making up hand signs and using homemade systems to increase their communication as they grow, just as children with conventional spoken language, research ...

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created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0