Language development in young child with postnatal deafness. A case report.:—A case report—

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This report concerns language development as observed in a young boy with postnatal deafness. The language delay was first discoverd by his mother at the age of two years and eight months.<BR>The child was trained in two different ways : one centered on auditory discrimination and auditory comprehension, and the other on play.<BR>The auditory training was begun at the age of three years and five months. play therapy was introduced at the age of four years and seven months.<BR>The auditory training made the child feel uneasy and unhappy. However, after the introduction of child-oriented play therapy, stress seemed to be decreased and verbal expressive ability was developed. The number of two-word sentences in his speech also increased. In addition, the pragmatics and turn-taking of the child's functional language were clearly augmented.<BR>These results suggest that play therapy for hearing-impaired children stimulates language and speech development.