The first 3-4 years of life is when the child acquires speech and language skills. These skills develop best when the child is exposed to world rich in sounds (hearing skills), sights and exposure to the speech and language of their parent and care givers

When parents are told that their child has hearing loss, many a times they are lost about what they should do next. What are the management steps that parents should take to help their child?

One of the most difficult decisions that you might have to make for your child would be the method of communication that he/she would use. The choices vary from the Aural-oral which relies totally on normal spoken language to Sign language that is a language that uses visual hand signs only. Other communication methods that are in between these two choices would include Total Communication and Cued Speech.