Developent of language

•  Phonology
•  Describes the sounds of specific languages, how they are produced, pronounced, every language has its own phonemes,which allow us to classify the sounds according to their structural basis: vowels, consonants; the latter being divided into bilabial consonants /p; b; m/, labiodentals /f; v/, dentals /t ; d; n; s; z; 1; r/, palatal consonants (tongue against the hard palate) /sj, zj/ is in <>; velar consonants (the back of the tongue is lifted towards the soft palate /k; g; ng; ch/ as in the English <>) the laryngeal/h.

• Semantics: study of the words, the lexicon, it is the study of words as such and their interrelationships (a.g. aride, to ride; right; open the door; and open mind)

• Syntaxis and Morphology: study of building clauses and their relationships in sentences; the relationships between parts of a clause changes in words,e.g to live, he lived, he is living; life, lively. Also <> e.g., speak, speech, speaker; baker, bakery, baking.

•  Pragmatic: the use of language in daily life:...linguistic competence; visual supportive elements.

• Metalinguistics: self-correction; grammatical reflection; new meanings of words.

Moreover, the spontaneous visual language of the deaf is of a totally differet sort of that of the oral system take the being visually situated in space of sign language in contrast with the succesisve course in time of the oral language. Elements here are: rhythm, simultaneity, emphasis.

Language System

Some facets of normal language development. They are to be known in order to understand the specific difficulties of language acquirement among deaf people.


A.. Like all other children, deaf children produce sounds as part of their total motor activity. 
B. There is a growth in specific language sounds.
C. Hearing becomes listening, anologous to the parallel development of <> into <>. the <> occurs very early in a hearing child. a relationship to the environment is created based on perceiving noises and sounds, especially the human voice. This is called << auditive feedback>>.
Severely deaf children reproduce sounds that are foreign to language. It is an indication for the child's milieu that its hearing is dysfuctional.

D. After the initial <> period follows the development of a language system. 

Music Therapy

New research suggests that music therapy can help deaf or hearing-impaired toddlers who have undergone a cochlear implantation procedure to acquire speech.

Cochlear implants, which are sometimes called bionic ears, are increasingly common today. The surgically implanted electronic device provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing

While toddlers treated with the procedure are likely to gain about 90 percent normal hearing ability, the problem is that a child who has never heard before often undergoes a long rehabilitation process before learning to speak like his or her peers. While speech therapy and audiological training can take months, it typically takes years for a child to learn how to speak age-appropriately.

“Music can constitute the bridge between the quiet world that the child knew and the new world of sounds that has been unfolded following the operation.” 

Relieving the pressure
“Music comprises various elements that are also components of language and therefore as a non-verbal form of communication is suitable for communication with these children, when they are still unable to use language.”

Communicative interactions, especially those initiated by the toddlers, are critical in the development of normal communication, as they are prerequisites for developing and acquiring language.”

Following the implant procedure, toddlers are under a great deal of pressure from parents to begin talking, and they sometimes react to this pressure by becoming introverted. Music therapy can strengthen their nonverbal communication and reduce the pressure to initiate and respond to verbal activity.

“It is important that the parents and staff learn about the best way to expose these children to music, the use of music for communication and the importance of the therapist’s undirected approach.”

 Music therapy is gradually penetrating the field of rehabilitation, but there is still a lot of work to be done in improving awareness of this important area.

Even he can play the piano.