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Exceptional Child Education Resources
Not Deaf Enough by Patricia Ann Morgan Candlish Descriptors:*Hearing impairments, Partial hearing, Advocacy,*Communication aids (for disabled); Etiology; Auditory test; Early Childhood Education; Sign Language; Lipreading; *Coping; *Family Life Intervention; Day Care; Discipline; Peer Acceptance; Child Rearing; Parent-Child Relationship; Disability Identification; Clinical Diagnosis; Grief; Hearing aids; Parents as Teachers; Educational Strategies; Safety; /Child Behavior Identifiers: Ling system of Speech Training Written by the parent of a child with a hearing loss, the book is a guide for parents dealing with similar challenges. Chapters address: coping with the grief of having a child with a hearing impairment; the professionals involved in providing services to children with hearing impairments; auditory tests and the audiogram; problems that hearing aids cause in the ear; the Ling method of speech training; learning to live with a child who wears a hearing aid; consideration of sign language and speechreading; day care, babysitters, and the outside world; maximizing the auditory environment and other physical considerations; formal vs informal teaching of listening, speech and language; making life safe for the child with hearing impairments without being overprotective; behavior problems; teaching manners and consideration for others; peer relationships; and attending school. Tips for parents are given for such areas as early diagnosis of hearing impairments, choices in deaf education, teaching aids, meeting the costs of hearing impairments, and dealing with professionals. A bibliography of 42 resources is included. (CR)
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