Deafness and hearing impairment
A MESHGuide focused on early assessment of deafness and hearing impairment is under-development and will be found when published on www.meshguides.org.
The Communication section in this Guide includes advice about the value of using signs to accompany language when communicating with young children who are pre-speech whether they are hearing impaired or not. See for example the work of Dr Joseph Garcia (https://www.drjosephgarcia.com). The UK Baby College programme (http://babycollege.co.uk) recommends the Makaton signing approach (https://www.makaton.org).
Other MESHGuides on supporting deaf and hearing impaired children are here:
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BATOD Foundation (2018) Autism and deafness BATOD Foundation Deaf Education MESHGuides http://meshagain.meshguides.org/autism-and-deafness/
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BATOD Foundation (2018) Radio aids – optimising listening opportunities BATOD Foundation Deaf Education MESHGuides http://meshagain.meshguides.org/radio-aids-optimising-listening-opportunities/
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Calder, C. (2015) Cued Speech: MESHGuide. Blackawton, Cued Speech Association UK http://www.meshguides.org/guides/node/831
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Turner, R. Underwood, A., Whyte, S. Rosenberg, J. (2015) Acoustics: Hearing, Listening and Learning MESHGuide. Rochester, BATOD Foundation UK
