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Isarin, Jet; van Zadelhoff, Ilse; Wolters-Leermakers, Nina; Speksnijder-Bregman, Marjon; Hannink, Mariën; Knoors, Harry – Deafness & Education International, 2015
An increasing number of deaf children with additional disabilities receive a cochlear implant (CI). International studies on cochlear implantation in deaf children with additional disabilities show less and slower speech and language gains, but improvement in overall quality of life. In order to qualify the concept of quality of life this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Assistive Technology, Deafness
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Hodge, Suzanne – Disability & Society, 2007
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) holds the potential to enable people with severe oral communication impairments to participate more fully in society. However, despite the development of increasingly sophisticated communication aids, as well as recent UK policy initiatives aimed at improving access to them, some major obstacles…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Assistive Technology, Social Services