Hannah Edwards

1/28/19
Google Scholar Class Research

Class: CDIS 4133- Intro to Aural Rehabilitation

Topic: Living with Hearing Loss
Article Title: Should All Deaf Children Learn Sign Language?
Author(s): Nancy K. Mellon, John K. Niparko, Christian Rathmann, Gaurav
Mathur, Tom Humphries, Donna Jo Napoli, Theresa Handley,Sasha
Scambler, John D. Lantos
Year Published: 2015
URL: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/136/1/170.full
This article explains in depth the different approaches to communication, speech,
and language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The authors
include specialists, physicians, and parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. It
is focused on how important it is to provide communication means for a child at a young
age, and to then provide a sense of community. It discusses the advanced technology of
Cochlear Implants (CI), the duo of learning spoken and sign language for the children,
and what parent-child communication looks like. The people interviewed in this article
provide details for a bilingual approach and how it enriches linguistic competence. Every
author gives information about possible language approaches though they all common
ground: children need to learn language.