CDIS 402: Disability Portfolio

Cognitive

Disability
profile:

Impact
on oral
and
written
language
develop
ment:

Successes and Challenges to Language DevelopmentFall 2015

Communicatio
n
Linguistic
Auditory
Delayed
processing
language and
problems
speech
production
development;
speak too loud
or too soft;
Have difficulty
hearing
consonants &
word endings
Cannot always Speak in
understand
shorter, simpler
what
sentences;
someone is
difficulties
saying
comprehending
especially
sarcasm and
when using
irony; Dont use
quiet speech
quiet speech
sounds such
sounds when
as s, sh, k,
they talk
and t

Social/
Emotional

Physical

Sensory

Behavioral
concerns;
social isolation

Muffled Hearing;
tinnitus

May not have

a lot of friends
or practice
communicatin
g with peers

Hearing loss..

Factors within the student related to functioning

My big ideas from the readings:
-Being diagnosed with a hearing loss earlier in life helps speech production and general development.
There werent any extraordinary differences between the children of normal cognitive ability despite age,
gender, communication mode, socioeconomic status, minority status and degree of hearing loss.

CDIS 402: Disability Portfolio

Successes and Challenges to Language DevelopmentFall 2015

My big ideas from the group presentation:

N/A no presentation
Reflection (What does this mean for my practice?):
When working with children who have a hearing loss it is important to be patient, speak
clearly, and help them produce their consonants.