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                Understanding Sensory Disability – Hearing Impairment Part - 3                                              Teaching Strategies to be followed               Deafness impacts language learning which in turn restricts the interactions with others. Children born with profound hearing loss like other typical normal hearing children observe and try to imitate adults for language acquisition.   However, this process   remains a challenge as majority of children with hearing impairment who are born to hearing parents who use oral language and children with hearing impairment finds it harder to imitate it.             ...

  Causes if Hearing Impairment a)      Prenatal- ·          Rubella infection or other infections during first three months of pregnancy ·          Family history of childhood deafness ·          Consanguineous marriages ·          Rh incompatibility ·          Very poor nutritional condition of the expectant mother ·          Excessive alcohol or nicotine intake ·          Intake of antibiotics or any other ototoxic drugs ·          Excessive exposure to X-rays b)     Perinatal causes ·          Premature or instrumental delivery ·       ...

  Understanding Sensory Disability – Hearing Impairment          Hearing is precious and at the same time very fragile. It is very important to preserve this sensory organ to lead a normal life. Hearing loss affects all ages including infants and children, genders, races and ethnicities. Meaning of Hearing Impairment •        Reduction in one’s sensitivity of hearing is referred as hearing impairment •        It leads to difficulty to understand, follow or participate in conversations.               According to Persons with Disabilities Act (PwD Act, 1995)         “A person shall be deemed to be hearing disabled, if she/he has a hearing loss of 60 decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies”.            The definition given in "The Right to Person with Disa...