Case Report of a Child with Hearing Loss Whose Passive Vocabulary was Developed Through Special Education Classes in a Resource Room

Abstract

We report on the progress of special education classes of a girl with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss for two years after entering elementary school, who was diagnosed with hearing loss at age four and started wearing a hearing aid. Her grammar skills were appropriate for her age, but her passive vocabulary was agedelayed. She was given special education classes in a resource room to improve her hearing loss and passive vocabulary skills and demonstrated noticeable improvements in passive vocabulary, both on tests and in real situations. We discuss the results of this report in light of current research findings.