http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/05/kidswith-hearing-loss-in-1-ear-fall-behind-in-languageskil.html
This article emphasizes the idea that learning a language becomes extremely difficult when one is unable to hear the tonalities of the language. However, it is still possible for one who is relatively deaf to learn a language. Not being able to hear correctly or fully deeply affects how well a student does in learning a language. However, this article points out that these students are left unnoticed and without accomodations. People who cannot hear fully are stilted in social interactions because language plays such a large role in communication among people.
However, other articles have talked about the fact that body language can play a large part in interpreting someone and understanding what they are trying to communicate. Does being partially deaf but being extremely adept at noticing body language play a large enough role to help a person be able to understand and communicate almost normally?
Language plays such a large role in how we communicate and without the ability to understand language, one is virtually isolated from society, without the means of telling anyone anything.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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