Language acquisition for deaf children: Reducing the harms of zero tolerance to the use of alternative approaches

• Main Authors: Humphries Tom (Author), Kushalnagar Poorna (Author), Mathur Gaurav (Author), Napoli Donna (Author), Padden Carol (Author), Rathmann Christian (Author), Smith Scott R (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Children acquire language without instruction as long as they are regularly and meaningfully engaged with an accessible human language. Today, 80% of children born deaf in the developed world are implanted with cochlear devices that allow some of them access to s...