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A Child With Congenital Aglossia: A Narrative Review And Descriptive Case Study, Betty Mcmicken
A Child With Congenital Aglossia: A Narrative Review And Descriptive Case Study, Betty Mcmicken
Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Articles and Research
This article details an account of a young female with congenial aglossia. Because of the low incidence of this anatomical and physiological presentation, this narrative review includes a brief historical review of the disorder and a detailed description of: (1) reports in the literature of congenital hypoglossia and aglossia, (2) characteristics of speech in children with congenital aglossia below the age of 18 years, and (3) the medical history, speech acquisition, and course of intervention of a 5-year-old girl with congenital aglossia currently in speech treatment.
Exploring In Silence: Hearing And Deaf Infants Explore Objects Differently Before Cochlear Implantation, Mary K. Fagan
Exploring In Silence: Hearing And Deaf Infants Explore Objects Differently Before Cochlear Implantation, Mary K. Fagan
Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Articles and Research
Infant development has rarely been informed by the behavior of infants with sensory differences despite increasing recognition that infant behavior itself creates sensory learning opportunities. The purpose of this study of object exploration was to compare the behavior of hearing and deaf infants, with and without cochlear implants, in order to identify the effects of profound sensorineural hearing loss on infant exploration before cochlear implantation, the behavioral effects of access to auditory feedback after cochlear implantation, and the sensory motivation for exploration behaviors performed by hearing infants as well. The results showed that 9-month-old deaf infants explored objects as often …