SHS 496 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
UNHS, why we want it - Answers - Universal Newborn Hearing Screening. We want
them to hear so they can develop their language, cognitive development, language
development before age 3, so they don't struggle in school.
Goals for Early Hearing Detection Intervention - Answers - -enhancing development
-minimizing possibility of developmental delay
-enhancing accommodation of child's needs
Timeline of EHDI - Answers - Early Hearing Detection Intervention
1 month-tested
3 months- diagnosed
6 months- intervention
percentage of deaf children born to hearing parents - Answers - 90%
Family centered approach - Answers - places family as central to child's well-being,
acknowledges parent's as experts on their child, includes parents/family in design and
implementation of AR plan.
Parent's desires for early intervention - Answers - -choices (unbiased, informed,
respectful of choices made)
-information (give tons of info, offer professional opinion, help find answers)
-parent-to-parent support (connect with others with experience, emotional support)
ASL - Answers - (visual-gestural system) full language with own grammar & vocab,
comparable to other countries
cued speech - Answers - uses phonemically-based hand gestures to supplement
speech reading, talker speaks while cuing the message, has been adapted 60+
languages
continuum of receptive and expressive communication modes - Answers - fully visual --
>fully auditory
AVT - Answers - auditory visual training, parent centered approach, encourages use of
naturalistic conversation and the use of spoken language to communicate, emphasis on
residual hearing
LSLT - Answers - listening and spoken language therapy, early identification and use of
advanced hearing technology, working towards typical developmental milestones in
listening, speech, language, cognition, and conversational competence
, Main assumptions of AVT/LSLT - Answers - 1. sensitive periods and early cortical input
2. what we do in intervention matters
3. early age of auditory input, developmental synchrony and cumulative practice
goals of auditory training - Answers - -improve person's ability to utilize sound
-use aduitory singal to recognize speech
-develop meaningful auditory integration (use listening skills in real world environment s)
-recognize and understand spoken language
-achieve increased reliance on using the auditory signal to recognize speech
EI Services - Answers - ((Early Intervention) unbiased info/instruction, sympathetic
listening/unconditional positive regard, counseling, overall development of a child.
What do parents desire from EI services - Answers - unbiased info about
communication options, info to make decisions, respect choices, professional opinions
but not in absolutes, support groups, help find resources if we can't answer a question.
parent to parent support - Answers - AZ Hands and Voices, National/State
Organizations, AGBell new parent hotline, AZ Raising Special Needs Kids, AZ Council
for the Deaf/HH
Types of decisions parents need to make shortly after learning their baby has a hearing
loss. - Answers - Communication mode: will the child use speech, manually coded
English, sign (ASL), cued speech
Listening Device: to provide the infant/toddler with maximum access to the speech
signal and listening level. Amplification (Hearing aids), cochlear implants
Intervention Plan: center-based, home-based
Percent of children with hearing loss that have additional disabilities. - Answers - Nearly
40% of children with hearing loss have additional disabilities.
What is the role of hearing aids in promoting language development? - Answers -
Provides access to consonant (segmental) info which is important for speech/language
development
The amount and variety of words children hear each day
Simultaneous/Total Communication Mode - Answers - Comprised of manual signs
corresponding to the words of English, sharing syntactic structures. Follows grammar
and syntax of spoken English. Person speaks while signing.
Total Communication - Answers - the child uses every available means to receive a
message including sign, residual hearing, and lipreading
Cued Speech - Answers - uses phonemically-based hand gestures to supplement
speechreading. Talker speaks while cueing the message. Individually, the hand signals
UNHS, why we want it - Answers - Universal Newborn Hearing Screening. We want
them to hear so they can develop their language, cognitive development, language
development before age 3, so they don't struggle in school.
Goals for Early Hearing Detection Intervention - Answers - -enhancing development
-minimizing possibility of developmental delay
-enhancing accommodation of child's needs
Timeline of EHDI - Answers - Early Hearing Detection Intervention
1 month-tested
3 months- diagnosed
6 months- intervention
percentage of deaf children born to hearing parents - Answers - 90%
Family centered approach - Answers - places family as central to child's well-being,
acknowledges parent's as experts on their child, includes parents/family in design and
implementation of AR plan.
Parent's desires for early intervention - Answers - -choices (unbiased, informed,
respectful of choices made)
-information (give tons of info, offer professional opinion, help find answers)
-parent-to-parent support (connect with others with experience, emotional support)
ASL - Answers - (visual-gestural system) full language with own grammar & vocab,
comparable to other countries
cued speech - Answers - uses phonemically-based hand gestures to supplement
speech reading, talker speaks while cuing the message, has been adapted 60+
languages
continuum of receptive and expressive communication modes - Answers - fully visual --
>fully auditory
AVT - Answers - auditory visual training, parent centered approach, encourages use of
naturalistic conversation and the use of spoken language to communicate, emphasis on
residual hearing
LSLT - Answers - listening and spoken language therapy, early identification and use of
advanced hearing technology, working towards typical developmental milestones in
listening, speech, language, cognition, and conversational competence
, Main assumptions of AVT/LSLT - Answers - 1. sensitive periods and early cortical input
2. what we do in intervention matters
3. early age of auditory input, developmental synchrony and cumulative practice
goals of auditory training - Answers - -improve person's ability to utilize sound
-use aduitory singal to recognize speech
-develop meaningful auditory integration (use listening skills in real world environment s)
-recognize and understand spoken language
-achieve increased reliance on using the auditory signal to recognize speech
EI Services - Answers - ((Early Intervention) unbiased info/instruction, sympathetic
listening/unconditional positive regard, counseling, overall development of a child.
What do parents desire from EI services - Answers - unbiased info about
communication options, info to make decisions, respect choices, professional opinions
but not in absolutes, support groups, help find resources if we can't answer a question.
parent to parent support - Answers - AZ Hands and Voices, National/State
Organizations, AGBell new parent hotline, AZ Raising Special Needs Kids, AZ Council
for the Deaf/HH
Types of decisions parents need to make shortly after learning their baby has a hearing
loss. - Answers - Communication mode: will the child use speech, manually coded
English, sign (ASL), cued speech
Listening Device: to provide the infant/toddler with maximum access to the speech
signal and listening level. Amplification (Hearing aids), cochlear implants
Intervention Plan: center-based, home-based
Percent of children with hearing loss that have additional disabilities. - Answers - Nearly
40% of children with hearing loss have additional disabilities.
What is the role of hearing aids in promoting language development? - Answers -
Provides access to consonant (segmental) info which is important for speech/language
development
The amount and variety of words children hear each day
Simultaneous/Total Communication Mode - Answers - Comprised of manual signs
corresponding to the words of English, sharing syntactic structures. Follows grammar
and syntax of spoken English. Person speaks while signing.
Total Communication - Answers - the child uses every available means to receive a
message including sign, residual hearing, and lipreading
Cued Speech - Answers - uses phonemically-based hand gestures to supplement
speechreading. Talker speaks while cueing the message. Individually, the hand signals
