Page 82 - DEDU506_SPECIAL_EDUCATION_ENGLISH

Special Education

Notes (iv) The most severe form of hearing impairment is ............................. .

(v) ............................... is common among children with hearing impairment.
10.7 Summary

• Hearing impairment is a generic term including deaf and hard of hearing which refers to persons
with any type or degree of hearing loss.
• There are following types of hearing loss:
(a) Conductive hearing loss : (i) is due to interference with transmission of sound
through the outer and middle ear to the inner ear.
(b) Sensor neural hearing loss : (ii) damage lies in inner ear, the acoustic nerve or both.
(c) Central hearing loss : (iii) problem lies in central nervous system.
(d) Functional hearing loss : (iv) involves psychological or emotion problem.
(e) Mixed hearing loss : (v) having two or more types of hearing impairment.
• Delayed language development, social isolation, depression are some common characteristics
of hearing impaired children.
• Speech impairment is that affect the manner of speaking of individuals.
• There are following types of speech impairments:
(i) Spasmodic Dysphonic: Disorder where muscles of the larynx or voice box.
(ii) Aphasia: occurs due to damage to the communication centre in the brain.
(iii) Stuttering: impairment wherein the person repeats the first half of a word.
(iv) Aparaxia: due to injury to the brain.
• interruption in the flow or rhythm of speech such as stuttering (known as dysfluency);
• trouble forming sounds (called articulation or phonological impairments);

• difficulties with the pitch, volume, or quality of the voice;
• trouble using some speech sounds, such as saying "see" when they mean "ski."
• improper use of words and their meanings;
• inability to express ideas;

10.8 Keywords
• Conductive : Able to conduct anything.
• Isolation : The state of being alone or lonely.
• Disorder : An illness that causes a part of the body to stop functioning correctly.
• Implication : A possible effectors result of an action or a decision.
• Characteristics : Typical features or quality that somebody or something has.

10.9 Review Questions
1. Define hearing and speech impairment.
2. What are the different types of hearing loss?
3. Write the characteristics of hearing impaired children.
4. Write notes on -

76 LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY