A Report of the Hearing Impaired Children Started Training Before Two Years Old

Abstract

This is a report of eighteen hearing impaired children who have enrolled in the nursery program of Nippon Rowa Gakko at the age under two years old since July 1965. The youngest one was six months old. The parents of 11 children noticed their children's hearing impairment before their first birthday, never-the-less 5 of them consulted doctors and only 3 began training at the age.
Hearing aids were attempted to be worn on both ears as soon as possible. 7 children had adopted the aids within a month and the majority of children had adopted within 4 months. The most reactions using aids were the increase of amount and loudness of voice. Later many children had recognized the others calling them and several sounds, and many enjoyed music. Within 8 months most children began to understand the first word and within 12 months had started to say words.