This course aims to equip SLPs, students, and healthcare professionals with a clear understanding of Aural Rehabilitation for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. Participants will learn to identify, assess, and analyze speech patterns in relation to their hearing abilities, plan their language progress, and support their language development based on Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) stages

1- Understand the impact of hearing loss on language development:

• Define the different types and degrees of hearing loss.
• Explain theimpact of hearing loss on sound recognition and speech understanding

2- Analyze Research and Developmental Patterns:

• Summarize key research onauditory skills development, speech and language of children who are deaf and hard ofhearing
• Recognize the role of early interventionin language development.

3-Identify and Assess Auditory skills based on Erber model:

• Define the four skill levels in auditory skills.
• Identify the different levels of difficulty in each skill level based on stimulus characteristics.

4- Apply Clinical Knowledge to Support Language Development:

• Relate speech recognition patters to speech production sample.
• Use strategies to enhance listening and auditory skills in everyday situations.
• Use techniques to develop language skills both receptive and productiveand the use of language in everyday situations

The course is delivered in Arabic