Other signs include a child who has numerous of colds and ear infections; a child who speaks overly loudly; frequently asks for words or phrases to be repeated and who does not understand someone unless the person is facing him or her. (Hearing Health for Children)
While ear infection is usually treated with prescription antibiotics, many physicians state that use of these media is not a good idea at an early age. As one experts states, "Contrary to common practice, most children with ear infections should not be treated with antibiotics..." (DrGreene Content:
Revolution in Ear Infection Treatment). These findings refer to guidelines released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2004, which state that, "...currently in the United States there are more than 10 million antibiotic prescriptions for the 5 million ear infections diagnosed in children each year - about half of all the antibiotic prescriptions in young children are for ear infections" (DrGreene Content:
Revolution in Ear Infection Treatment). These findings indicate that an over- prescription of antibiotics in early life can result in future infections becoming harder to treat as the viruses and bacteria become immune to medication.
Prevention is always better then cure and there are a wide range of actions and preventative measures that can be taken by the parent to prevent hearing problems in preschoolers. One of the most obvious and important measures is to preventing a child from inserting objects into their ears. Experts also state that as a young child's ears are extremely delicate it is not a good idea for the parent to insert something like a cotton swap into the ear in an attempt to clean it. There is always the danger of damaging the eardrum at such an early age.
Many doctors suggest that the parent should leave the ear to clean itself. (How to Clean Your Preschooler's Ears) However, this may not be the best solution in some cases an alternative solution is to use an Ear Wax removal System. This can be bought at most drug stores but the use of such a system...
Language Development Please make sure you have completed this unit's readings before coming to Seminar, especially the article, "The Language Use Inventory for Young Children: A Parent-Report Measure of Pragmatic Language Development for 18-47-month-old children" by O'Neil. Be prepared to answer the following questions: Notes from O'Neil Article (O'Neil, 2007): Researchers studying young children's pragmatic development have focused on a wide range of topics and ages. Longitudinal studies that have concentrated on children's
This study hoped to prove that these implants were in fact, beneficial for the development of language in young hearing impaired babies. Dependent Variables: The Dependent variables consisted of the actual four-month-old infants who were being implanted with the device. The infants were then assessed for their language development periodically after their implantation. They were tested at 6, 12, 18, 24, and 32 months of age. Measures/Scales used: With the framework that language
English Language Learning (Native Speakers) Stage/Age Language Overall Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics Implications on reading and writing Practical Approaches Birth -3 mo. Cries, responds to tone, attentive to special sounds, and begins to vocalize. Reflexive and diverse cries, coos and gurgles. Verbal play, some consonants, laughing. No understanding Sounds or intensity as opposed to meaning. Music and talk to child Double syllables, MAMA, tunefully vocalize Vocalizes pleasure and pain; initiates speech, reproduces babbles. Increased sounds and imitation Very little understanding Truck red; hungry eat, etc. Use of words and instructi8ons, jargon
Devel Language skills are fundamental to child social and psychological development, because language provides the means by which children learn about the world and other people. Parents impart language skills cues to their children by teaching coded and decoded messages. Some parental messages are encoded subtly, as with emotional responses. For example, Paulson, Keefe, & Leiferman (2009) found that parental depression impacts the reading habits of parents, which in turn
Language Development in Normal Cases: A Chronological Sequence In normal cases, “babies and children, irrespective of the country in which they are born, all follow a similar pattern of development” (Tassoni, 2007, p. 44). The broad language development stages highlighted by Tassoni (2007) are the pre-linguistic stage and the linguistic stage. Below, I discuss the chronological sequence of the said stages, as highlighted by Tassoni. A: Pre-Linguistic Stage 6 Weeks – Cooing In this
These results are quite striking considering that the mothers come from non-professional backgrounds and had no more than 12 years of schooling on average. Another study on low-income mother-child dyads shows that the rate of vocabulary production is also positively influenced by early exposure to diverse words. In particular, children whose mothers consistently used more varied vocabulary had faster and more linear growth in child vocabulary production between 14
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