Language is an essential component of normal development for all
humans.Unfortunately, exposure exclusively to spoken language usually is not
verysuccessful for deaf children who have more severe prelingual hearing
losses.While it is important for parents to strongly support deaf children's
spokenlanguage, it should not be to the exclusion of sign language. Similarly,
it isimportant for parents to strongly support deaf children's sign language.
Thisbook deals with these and other issues concerning deaf education while
keeping in mind the needs of deaf students, teachersand their parents.