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Comprehension questions:

  1. What are the main characteristics of children with

hearing impairments?

  1. What are the main factors that effect hearing

dysfunction?

  1. What psychological problems can deaf people face in

schools and life?

Task 1. Match the following parts of the sentences:

1. The factors hearing dysfunction of the child depends on are as follows: ..

a) … speech may sound nasal, guttural, or breathy.

2. Deaf children can also have problems in classes …

b) … learning to adapt their child's special needs.

3. Children with limited vocabularies …

c) … the type and degree of hearing loss, the age, the IQ, etc.

4. Early intervention programs are suggested to assist families in …

d) … that rely heavily on students' reading and integrating printed material from texts.

5. Because of the substitution of some sounds, difficulties with the normal rate and rhythm of spoken English…

e) … may omit grammatical components, use short and simple sentences.

6. Children with hearing impairment …

f) … may lack an understanding of alternative meanings for words and figurative language.

Task 2. Translate into English using the vocabulary of the lesson.

Все педагоги удивлялись интеллекту этой двухлетней девочки, которую они приняли в специализированный детский сад для глухих детей. Казалось: эта девочка обладала телепатией, угадывала мысли. Об этом знала и ее мама. Они жили в тесной маленькой квартирке. Матери, махнувшей рукой на свою глухую дочь с того момента, как поняла о ее недостатке, не раз становилось не по себе, когда дочь выполняла ее невысказанные мысли.

Task 3. Use the expressions in the sentences of your own.

Child's social-emotional development; the impact of the language difficulties; an increasingly important facilitator; the child's ability to communicate; oral articulation impairments; omit grammatical components; the average level of; to adapt to their child's special needs.

Task 4. Explain the meaning of the following proverb. Use it inthe situations of your own. Give the Russian equivalent.

None is so deaf as they who will not hear.”

Task 5. Choose one of the problems and make up a dialogue. (Two professionals about speech impairments.)

  1. The ways to discover a child’s hearing problems in early ages.

  2. Frustrations and challenges such children face in their environment.

  3. New technologies that help children overcome such a disability.

Colloquial phrases to use:

To be independent; be fully mainstreamed; hearing handicap; important facilitator; the future for deaf children; social-emotional development.

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