Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Objectives / competences:
The course provides students with basic knowledge about the theory and phenomenology of language development of hearing impaired people. The aim of this course is for students to gain knowledge about: research on the language development of deaf and hard of hearing children in the field of vocabulary, morphosyntax, reading and writing; on the benefits of early sign language acquisition. At the end of the exam, the student will be able to understand, define and determine the basic features of language development of deaf and hard of hearing children and adults with hearing impairment. The student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in rehabilitation procedures with hearing-impaired children and adults.

Schedule and content:
Week 1: Consequences of hearing impairment on language acquisition
Week 2: Language development research - general
Week 3: Vocabulary - active and passive
Week 4: Kobašlić, K. Pribanić, Lj. (2010) PPVT
Organization of lexical knowledge
Week 5: Rewriting the text in deaf children
Week 6: Repetition of sentences
Week 7: COLLOQUIUM
Week 8: Morphosyntax and hearing impairment
Week 9: Hoiting, N., Slobin, D. I. (2002) SL and Sim com
Week 10: Spencer, P.E. (2004) Language and CI
Week 11: Habilitation before and after CI
Week 12: Language skills after CI
Week 13: Encouraging language skills
Week 14: COLLOQUIUM

1. What a deaf child needs to see: Advantages of a natural sign language over a sign system, , Hoiting, N., Slobin, D. I., , 2002.
2. Language and literacy development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children: Successes and challenges. Developmental psychology,, , Lederberg, A. R., Schick, B., & Spencer, P. E., , 2013.
3. Ponavljanje rečenica u djece oštećena sluha, , Pribanić, Lj., , 1998.
4. Rana komunikacija i usvajanje jezika u prelingvalno gluhog djeteta, , Pribanić, Lj., , 2001.
5. Receptivni rječnik u odraslih gluhih osoba, , Kobašlić, K., Pribanić, Lj., , .
6. The development of American Sign Language and manually coded English systems. Oxford handbook of deaf studies, language, and education, , Schick, B., , 2003.
7. ): Individual Differences in Language Performance after Cochlear Implantation at One to Three Years of Age: Child, Family, and Linguistic Factors. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, , Spencer, P. E., , 2004.

Logopedija, 1. semestar - Regular studij - Speech and Language Pathology

Logopedija, 1. semestar - Regular studij - Speech and Language Pathology