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Chapter 2
Children who cannot
hear well need help early
In their first years of life, all children, including children who are deaf
or cannot hear well, will learn more skills and learn them more quickly
and easily than at any other time in their lives. Their
physical development is easy to see. First they crawl,
and then they walk and run.
Now it’s
your
turn!
Children also start to develop mentally as soon as
they are born. The baby’s brain is like a sponge that
has a great capacity to absorb new things. During
the first years, children who can hear learn language
very quickly. As their language and communication
develop, their ability to think also grows. That is
why it is very important for parents to help children
who are deaf or cannot hear well learn a language as early as possible.
With a language, children who cannot hear well can also develop their
mental abilities.
Papa, where
does the sun
go at night?
To sleep?
What do you
think, Hari?