6/28/2004
desjardins/honig COGNITION
50
Hearing in the preschooler
•Reaches
maturity between 3-4 years
•Critical to
development of speech and language
•Seek repetition of
auditory input and so may endlessly
repeat a combination of sounds or words
•Otitis
media
•Screen
–gross, play
audiometry
–receptive
language and expressive language