J I Balla, H M Edwards
Some problems in teaching clinical decision-making
Medical education
development cochlear implants cis broader availability early intervention made possible newborn hearing screening raised prospects deaf children mainstreamed start elementary school fare well minimal support report examines veracity perspective report specifically 1 reviews progress made deaf children spoken language acquisition past 25 years 2 presents data collected 104 children early elementary grades 49 normal hearing nh 55 severetoprofound hearing loss use cis 3 describes language acquisition typically occurs elementary school 4 highlights intervention strategies schoolage deaf children cis spoken language skills deaf children improved thanks cis early intervention remain children nh amount deficit varies across language construct examined greatest deficit found skills dependent upon phonological speechsound sensitivity mildest associated morphosyntactic grammatical skills substantial development phonological morphosyntactic skills typically occurs elementary school years data theoretical models language acquisition indicate even availability cis early intervention deaf children behind peers nh enter school much language learning lies ahead thus need us enhance intervention deaf children early elementary grades