Helping Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students to Use Spoken Language: A Guide for Educators and Families

by Susan R. Easterbrooks

Based on the authors′ model of auditory, speech, and language development, the book provides educators with effective techniques and strategies for working with children in the primary grades.

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 23, 2007

Reviews

[Mariah Roze · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Based on the authors' model of auditory, speech, and language development, the book provides educators with effective techniques and strategies for working with children in the primary grades."

[Kirstyn Ferguson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recently, I read “helping deaf and hard of hearing students use Spoken Language” for a

project on how to better the quality of education for young children with different degrees of

hearing. The book gave many ideas on how to improve but failed to explain why or how they

help. The publication provided lots of information on and examples of techniques which was

helpful but at times overwhelming in various chapters. To combat this the authors,Easterbrooks

and Estes,provide useful summaries and step by step processes. One detail, that I was

surprised by was no mention of Deaf culture and all of the opportunities that is provided though

having the it present in the students’ lives. The point of view was mainly that from a teacher and

was missing the more emotional connection I was hoping to find. Overall, the text was very well

written but there a several grammar errors and would recommend having a dictionary nearby for

some of the more advance scientific terms.