From Listening to Language A unique resource for helping children and adults with hearing loss develop listening and spoken language as the foundation for cognition, literacy, and educational advancement

Substantial neurobiological evidence indicates hearing is the most effective sensory modality for developing spoken language and cognition. From Listening to Language: Comprehensive Intervention to Maximize Learning for Children and Adults with Hearing Loss, edited by renowned clinicians Jane R. Madell and Joan G. Hewitt, features contributions from a distinguished group of experts. The text focuses on evidence-based practice to maximize the learning potential of children with hearing loss by nurturing the auditory brain development necessary to help them learn to listen and talk, as well as helping adults build stronger listening skills.

Six sections and 22 chapters cover the spectrum of comprehensive listening and spoken language intervention for all age groups (including adults) and for the professionals working with them. Topics include literacy, executive function, bilingualism, dual diagnoses, educational support, changes in auditory access, red flags for auditory development, music therapy, telepractice, and intervention with adults. In-depth discussions of the stages of speech and language development for the diverse population of children with hearing loss assist new and experienced clinicians develop effective therapeutic and educational plans and encourage caregivers to become effective partners in their children’s progress.

Key Features

• Reader-friendly chapters with summaries, key points, pearls, and pitfalls facilitate learning
• Case studies assist clinicians in applying chapter information
• A wealth of LSL resources, assessments, charts, suggested readings, websites, and more provide the opportunity to expand knowledge
• Videos offer examples of hearing evaluation of infants and young children and speech perception testing, including demonstrations of the LMH (Ling-Madell-Hewitt) Test Battery.

This is an essential textbook for graduate courses in audiology, speech-language pathology, early intervention, and deaf education, and an invaluable resource for new and experienced professionals and the caregivers with whom they work.

Contents

۱ The Basics: Framing the Foundation
۲ Audiology: Building the Foundation
۳ Speech Acoustics: Strengthening the Foundation
۴ Empathy: Changing the Culture of Communication
۵ The Parent as a Critical Team Member: Creating a Partnership for Learning
۶ Evaluation of Speech, Language, and Listening in Children with Hearing Loss: Knowing the Level at Which Children Are Functioning
۷ Babies and Beginners: Starting with Nothing and Building up to Words
۸ Toddler-Type Language: Putting Words Together and Moving up to Simple Sentences
۹ Preschoolers and More Proficient Communicators: Using Complex Language to Communicate and Think
۱۰ Auditory-Verbal Strategies to Build Listening and Spoken Language Skills
۱۱ Late to the Party: When Children Come Late to Listening and Spoken Language Therapy
۱۲ Executive Function Therapy Integrated into Auditory-Verbal Practice
۱۳ The Auditory-Verbal Approach and Literacy
۱۴ Dual Language Assessment and Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss
۱۵ Children with Special Needs and Additional Disabilities
۱۶ Supporting Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH) in the Educational Setting
۱۷ Addressing Changes in Auditory Access
۱۸ Red Flags: Identifying and Managing Barriers to the Child’s Optimal Auditory Development
۱۹ Music, Listening, and All That Jazz
۲۰ Telepractice for Children with Hearing Loss
۲۱ Working with Adults
۲۲ Resources

Video Contents

۲.۱. Introduction to Testing Techniques
۲.۲. Introduction to Behavioral Observation Audiometry
۲.۳. Testing Using Behavioral Observation Evaluation
۲.۴. Introduction to Visual Reinforcement Audiometry
۲.۵. Testing Using Visual Reinforcement Audiometry
۲.۶. Introduction to Conditioned Play Audiometry
۲.۷. Testing Using Conditioned Play Audiometry
۲.۸. Introduction to Speech Perception Testing
۲.۹. Speech Awareness Threshold (SAT) Testing
۲.۱۰. Speech Reception Threshold (SRT) Testing
۲.۱۱. Closed-Set Speech Perception Testing
۲.۱۲. Open-Set Speech Perception Testing
۳.۱. ۱۸-month-old with normal hearing—LMH 10 Sound Quick Test identification
۳.۲. ۱۸-month-old with normal hearing—LMH 10 Sound Quick Test identification and beginning imitation
۳.۳. ۲ ۱/۲-year-old and parent demonstrating LMH 10 Sound Quick Test repetition
۳.۴. ۴-year-old with profound bilateral hearing loss from cochlear nerve deficiency, received bilateral cochlear implants at 13 months—Individual phonemes with left CI (no cochlear nerve on imaging)
۳.۵. ۴-year-old with normal hearing—Medial Consonant Test
۳.۶. ۴-year-old with profound hearing loss, received bilateral cochlear implants at 3 years—Medial Consonant Test
۳.۷. ۸-year-old misdiagnosed as being on the autism spectrum at 1 year, diagnosed with profound hearing loss at 5 years, received bilateral cochlear implants at 6 years—Medial consonants with right CI before programming changes
۳.۸. ۸-year-old misdiagnosed as being on the autism spectrum at 1 year, diagnosed with profound hearing loss at 5 years, received bilateral cochlear implants at 6 years—Medial consonants with right CI after slight increase on electrodes corresponding to 1500 Hz and 4500 Hz
۳.۹. ۸-year-old misdiagnosed as being on the autism spectrum at 1 year, diagnosed with profound hearing loss at 5 years, received bilateral cochlear implants at 6 years—Medial consonants with right CI after slight increase on electrode corresponding to 4500 Hz and slight decrease on electrod