Psychology 2043A/B Lecture 8: Developmental Disorders - Lecture 8

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2043A/B
• Professor: Esther Goldberg

Document Summary

Communication: exchange of information involves 2+ people interactively exchanging and receiving messages, more than just words/conversations, can communicate in a variety of ways (gestures, intonation, body language etc, hearing impairments. may miss out on tone of voice, intonation, pitch, loudness etc not just talking about not being able to hear words but all the other things that come along with speech. Normal development: children learn speech and language by listening to others. In absence of hearing speech and language don t develop normally. First few years: critical in terms of speech and language development. If a hearing loss exists during this time won t get full benefit of language learning experiences: early diagnosis and early screening is important. screening in infants = required relatively recent instalment in ontario: deafness and communication disorders = intertwined. In the first few months: babies react to loud sounds with a startle reflex.