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Helping Children Who Are Deaf

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Download the entire book, published 2004: Helping Children Who Are Deaf (PDF).

View and download individual chapters of Helping Children Who Are Deaf below:

• Front Matter: Introduction, Table Of Contents, How to use the book
• Chapter 1: Hearing difficulties and communication
• Chapter 2: Children who cannot hear well need help early
• Chapter 3: Guidelines for teaching language
• Chapter 4: Basic communication skills
• Chapter 5: What can your child hear?
• Chapter 6: Listening skills
• Chapter 7: Choosing and learning a language
• Chapter 8: Learning to use a sign language
• Chapter 9: Learning to use a spoken language
• Chapter 10: Social skills
• Chapter 11: Working together to help children who are deaf
• Chapter 12: Education
• Chapter 13: Preventing child sexual abuse
• Chapter 14: Support for parents and caregivers
• Chapter 15: Why children lose their hearing and what we can do
• Appendices: Hearing aids, Cochlear implants and hearing, Child development charts
• Back Matter: Where to Get More Information