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Speech Acquisition Charts

Use the text for this course, the University Library, the Internet, and/or other resources to complete the following two charts. Provide at least one reference.

List at least two items in each environment that help or encourage speech acquisition in the first chart. Then, list at least two items in each environment that hurt or discourage speech acquisition. Indicate, in the second chart, how children who are deaf and hearing children acquire sign language and speech, according to the age groups listed. Highlight the differences in children who are acquiring sign language.

Chart 1

 

Environmental Items

Speech Acquisition   in Hearing Children of Hearing Parents

Speech Acquisition   in Hearing Children of Deaf Parents

Speech Acquisition   in Children who are Deaf of Hearing Parents

 

Environmental items that help or encourage   speech acquisition

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Environmental items that may hurt or   discourage speech acquisition

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Chart 2

 

Age Groups

Sign   Language Acquisition in Children who are Deaf

Speech   Acquisition in Hearing Children

 

0 – 6 months

 

6 – 12 months

 

12 – 18 months

 

18 – 24 months

 

24 – 36 months

 

Beyond 36 months