In Audiology Japan Vol. 12, No. 1, 1969, eighteen cases were reported who were the hearing impaired and had enrolled in the nursery program of Nippon Rowa Gakko at the age under two years old from July 1965 to May 1968. Now eleven of them are present at kindergarten of the school. Their deafness are very severe. They use two hearing aids separately in each ear, and notice so many sounds. Some of them discriminate musics or songs played by records, and some discriminate several sentences by listening. They have acquiered speech spontaneously, and they speak with normal intonation, accent and rhythem though each sound is not always clear.
The achievements of child's developments show that they have developed normally in physically, socially, intelectually, and in language ability, however their oral expressions are not yet complete.
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