Question

Whereas the educational program for a child who has a(n) ___________hearing loss usually focuses on acquisition of language and communication, the program for a child who has ____________ hearing loss usually emphasizes the maintenance of intelligible speech and appropriate language patterns.

Answer 1

pre-lingual, post-lingual

Step-by-step explanation:

Pre-lingual hearing loss:-

It occurs before the time when the child develops language and speech. It is associated with a profound or severe hearing loss. This usually appears in newborn babies or the infants of the age upto to three.

Post-lingual hearing loss:-

It is the deafness that develops after acquisition of langaunge as well as the speech. Post-lingual hearing loss are more common than the prelingual hearing loss.

Hence, the answers are : - pre-lingual, post-lingual