International Journal of Education and Psychological Research

(Print and Online Peer Reviewed Journal)


Print - ISSN: 2349 - 0853
e - ISSN: 2279 - 0179

VOLUME 2 - ISSUE 2

(June 2013)

Cognitive Development in Deaf Children


Authors: Dr. Sharmista

Pages: 92-94

Abstract:

Hearing gives the child the acoustic correlates of the physical world: hearing conveys much more to the growing child than the acoustics of the physical world. Hearing is the sensory modality through which children perceive speech — the universe of talk that ties individuals, families and societies together. Deafness, hearing impairment, or hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. Cognitive development entails more than maturation of the child’s brain. Cognitive development is the product of the child’s attempts to understand the family, neighborhood, school and the world at large during the period of rapid brain growth and learning. Hearing loss is linked to a faster cognitive decline and cognitive impairment .The effects of deafness on cognitive development are, therefore, quite diverse and complex due to the multitudinous ways in which families, societies, and cultures, react to and interact with children who are born deaf and hence do not spontaneously learn to talk and comprehend speech.