Hearing disorders (Hearing loss, deafness)

The children who are deaf or have been born with hearing problems or whom the hearing is regularly reducing in the childhood period, are exposed to the risk of delay in speech achievement. Research shows that delay in the speech advancement can influence a person's social, affective and mental achievement. The circumstances of speech achievement quality in a child depend on his/her learning readiness level at the time of entering into school. If a child's hearing loss is recognized sooner and he/she can receive the special aids sooner, she/he will be more successful in the school. Most of deaf children are almost of a high intelligence and even may have higher than normal level. But using the potential intelligence and carrying into effect it depends on the family's culture level and society acceptance level. The present research summarizes some explanations about deafness, who is a deaf person, how does it create, which are its prevention ways, what should everyone do if there is deafness, how should they be taught to cope with society and consider themselves as a member of this society and avoid withdrawal and isolation. If the deaf persons are not accepted by the society, they will have many problems. However, their acceptance does not solve their problems in general but reduces them. Training the deaf individuals needs some skillful and experienced trainers and counselors familiars with their problems. Fortunately, nowadays almost most of societies consider this issue important.

کلیدواژه ها:

Hearing loss ، Deafness ، Speech achievement ، Mental achievement ، Affective achievement ، Social achievement and acceptance