Problems of hearing impaired children and suggested solutions.

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Factors related to development of verbal skills in hearing-impaired children include early diagnosis, early age of obtaining hearing aids, and early intervention. The development of speech occurs in the first 2 years of one's life. In addition to the hearing aid the child should also get early stimulation and training by parents and professionals toward developing speech and language. The hearing-impaired child is likely to get the benefit of a hearing aid only if it amplifies sound in accordance with his or her hearing loss. Proper audiological examination assesses the level of hearing loss and helps select a suitable hearing aid by conducting an aided audiogram. Parents who accept their child's problem are in a better emotional state to assist their child. The relationship between the degree of hearing impairment and development of verbal skills is analyzed by performance on the verbal section of the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). Analysis of WISC results showed tha

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