This
article discusses the relationship between language development and
degree of hearing loss and how these factors relate to the age of
identification of hearing loss. An interesting effect caused by the
interaction of these variables has been discussed in this article. The
relationship of speech production, degree of hearing loss, language
development, and age of identification are also presented.
Social-emotional development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and
the variables that impact this development, in particular the strong
relationship with language development, is included.