It’s a
documented fact that hearing impaired children usually lag behind when it comes
to speech development. Kids that have a unilateral hearing loss—that is, they
hear with only one ear—are seven times more likely to fail a grade than their
normal hearing peers. The earlier that you can rehabilitate a hearing loss, the
better a child is going to do in terms of speech acquisition.
For a poignant account of how the restoration of hearing in one child impacted
his family and changed his life, check out the following story that ran
recently in the Daily Breeze:
From silence to sound – By Melissa
Evans, Staff Writer <http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_11759394?source=email>