Aural habilitation update: the role of auditory feedback on speech production skills of infants and children with hearing loss.(Focus on Audiology)

It is well known that the development of speech is extremely limited without adequate auditory input and feedback. An obvious example is that hearing loss in infancy and early childhood usually affects all aspects of speech production unless there is early and consistent use of sensory aids as well as substantive sensorimotor and linguistic training.

The speech development of infants and children with hearing loss hinges on their abilities to use audition not only to learn the sounds of their language, but also to use their articulators to produce those sounds and make use of ...

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