[senco-forum] Glue Ear

It is possible to learn new articulations beyond the notional 'critical 
period', else how could deal with learning a new language.  With regard to 
your own situation, if you say the phonemes yourself can you hear them then?
Philip EP
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From: "Alison White" <alison.white1 at tiscali.co.uk>
To: <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 11:48 AM
Subject: [senco-forum] Glue Ear

Hello
As a parent 15 years ago, I was told that the earlier the intervention the 
better for any hearing loss. Things may have moved on now, but the 
consultant at that time felt that our son (aged 2) was very nearly out of 
the window for picking up and being able to articulate sounds correctly. 
Grommets were a real success and his speech is fine. I had hearing loss at a 
time, when I suspect 'glue ear' was unknown as a term, antibiotics were 
relatively rarely prescribed and my eardrums burst on more than one 
occasion. And despite many years of SALT, I do still lisp and cannot hear 
certain phonemes. A colleague of mine picked this up when she used me as a 
guinea pig for assessment using the CTOPP and it was a revelation to me. I 
would really encourage any parent to get their child specialist help very 
early on.
Alison

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