Inside Deaf Culture By Carol Padden And - amazonia.fiocruz.br

Language deprivation in deaf and hard of hearing children occurs when children do not receive accessible language exposure during the critical period of language development.

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Language development may be severely delayed from the lack of language exposure during this period. This was observed in well-known clinical case studies such as Genie[1] Kaspar HauserAnna[2] and Isabelle, [3] as well as cases analyzing feral children such as Victor.

All of these children had typical hearing, yet did not develop language typically due Padfen language deprivation. Similarly, language deprivation in deaf and hard of hearing children often occurs when sufficient language exposure is not provided in the first few years of life. However, deaf and hard of hearing children who are exposed to sufficient language as children are able to develop typical language. Language can be provided in a variety of ways and helps children learn about and understand the world around them.

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Early interventionparental involvement, and legislation work to prevent language deprivation. Deaf children who experience limited access to language—spoken or signed—may not develop the necessary skills to successfully assimilate into the academic learning milieu. Although language deprivation is likely to when hearing loss restricts access to spoken language, deaf and hard of hearing children are capable of acquiring typical language!

This is because language deprivation is caused by restricted language access, not by deafness itself. For deaf and hard of hearing children with no vision impairments, visual language is fully accessible to them and can protect them from experiencing language deprivation. An example of this is when Deaf parents have a deaf baby. A study worked to identify the role of language deprivation versus deafness itself with regards to child behavior.

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When comparing two groups, the researchers found that the group who had been exposed to language from birth did not display the behavioral issues that characterized the language deprivation group. Since the children in both groups were deaf, the researchers concluded that it was not deafness, but language exposure that protected the native signers from developing the behavioral issues characteristic of the group who had experienced language deprivation. Technology such as cochlear implants, hearing aids, and BAHAs can help provide access to spoken language. This access can vary greatly from person to person due to factors such as cause of deafness, age hearing technology is introduced, and time of language exposure.

Speech therapy, audiology, and other services can help maximize the access provided through hearing technology. Even for children using hearing technology, the age they were exposed to language whether visual or spoken will have a role in how much they can benefit from the technology. Language exposure from birth builds and strengthens brain tissue that can be used in a variety of language contexts in the future, such as when the child is old enough to get a cochlear implant.]