He pilikia lohe anei kāu keiki? E aʻo e pili ana i ka Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT) e kōkua iā lākou e ʻōlelo.

Ke hopohopo nei ʻoe a kaumaha paha no ka pilikia o ka lohe ʻana o kāu keiki liʻiliʻi? Ua hōʻoia paha ke kauka. "E ʻōlelo anei kaʻu keiki? E hele anei ʻo ia i ke kula e like me nā keiki ʻē aʻe?" He nui paha kāu mau nīnau e like me kēia i loko o kou manaʻo. He mea maʻamau loa ia. Akā, mai hopohopo. Me ka ʻenehana o kēia wā, aia kekahi ʻano lapaʻau kupaianaha e hiki ke aʻo i kahi keiki me ka nalowale o ka lohe e ʻōlelo e like me nā keiki ʻē aʻe a e lohe i nā leo o ke ao nei. I kēia lā, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kahi ʻano i kapa ʻia ʻo Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT).

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he aha ka Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT)?

He ʻano hana kōkua mua kēia no nā keiki ʻōpio me ka nalowale o ka lohe, ʻo ia hoʻi, kuli a paʻakikī paha ka lohe. He mea nui loa kēia no nā keiki e hoʻohana ana i ka ʻenehana e like me nā mea kōkua lohe a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​mea hoʻokomo cochlear.

E noʻonoʻo, ʻoiai e hiki ai i kēia mau mea hana i kahi keiki ke lohe i nā leo, pono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ka lolo e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ke kani, inā paha he huaʻōlelo "makuahine" a i ʻole ke kani o ka ʻīlio e ʻaoa ana. ʻO ia ka hana a AVT. I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, ʻo ka pahuhopu nui ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻōlelo a me ka ʻōlelo ma o ka lohe ʻana .

ʻO ka mea kūikawā e pili ana i kēia ʻano lapaʻau, ʻo ia ka hoʻokomo pono ʻana i nā mākua a me nā ʻohana. Ma waho aʻe o nā hālāwai me ka mea hoʻoponopono, ua alakaʻi ʻia nā mākua e hoʻomau i kēia hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma o ka pāʻani, ke kamaʻilio ʻana, a me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā me ke keiki ma ka home.

He kūpono maoli anei kēia lāʻau lapaʻau?

ʻAe, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō. Ua ʻike ʻia nā noiʻi i ka wā e komo ai nā keiki me ka nalowale o ka lohe e hana ʻia ana i ka lāʻau AVT i ka papa mua, hōʻike lākou i nā mākau ʻōlelo a me nā mākau ʻōlelo e like me, a i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā keiki maʻamau. Hoʻoponopono maikaʻi lākou i ka hoʻonaʻauao maʻamau, kūleʻa i nā kumuhana e like me ka makemakika a me ka heluhelu ʻana, loaʻa nā hoaaloha, a loaʻa iā lākou ka hilinaʻi ponoʻī.

He maʻi hānau maʻamau ka nalowale o ka lohe. Eia nō naʻe, he hewa ke ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole hiki i kahi keiki ke aʻo e lohe no ka mea he hemahema ko lākou lohe. ʻO ka ʻenehana o kēia wā, e like me nā mea kōkua lohe a me nā implants cochlear, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me AVT hiki ke hoʻokō i nā hopena kupaianaha.

ʻO wai ka mea hiki ke loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau?

I mea e holomua ai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, he mea nui loa ia e hoʻomaka i ka wā hikiwawe loa . ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e hoʻomaka i ʻelua a ʻekolu paha mahina.

• Inā he pilikia ka lohe o kāu keiki.
• Inā hoʻohana ke keiki i nā mea kōkua hoʻolohe a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​mea hoʻokomo cochlear.
• ʻAʻohe pilikia inā loaʻa ka nalowale o ka lohe mai ka hānau ʻana mai a i ʻole e ulu aʻe ma hope no kekahi kumu.
• He kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no kekahi pohō lohe, mai ka liʻiliʻi a i ka koʻikoʻi loa, inā he pilikia ma kekahi a i ʻole nā ​​pepeiao ʻelua, a inā he manawa pōkole a mau loa paha ke kūlana.

No laila, he mea nui e hana i ka hoʻokolohua Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) i ka wā hānau. Inā he pilikia, hiki i ke kauka ke hāʻawi i nā lako e pono ai a kuhikuhi iā ʻoe no ia ʻano lapaʻau i ka wā hikiwawe loa.

He aha nā mea kōkua hoʻolohe a me nā implants cochlear?

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, hoʻonui nā mea kōkua hoʻolohe i nā leo. Akā, ʻoiai ʻoe e lohe i ke kani me ka leo nui, ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo i ke ʻano o ia mea. Kōkua ʻo AVT iā ʻoe e loaʻa i kēlā ʻike.

Manaʻo ʻia nā mea hoʻokomo cochlear no nā keiki i loaʻa ʻole ka pono mai nā mea kōkua lohe. Inā he pilikia me ka cochlea, kahi ʻāpana o ko kākou pepeiao i loko i hōʻino ʻia a he pilikia hoʻi i ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā nalu kani i ka lolo, hoʻokomo ʻia kēia mea hana ma ke ʻoki ʻana. Hoʻopau ia i ka ʻāpana i hōʻino ʻia a hiki ke lohe pololei ʻia ke kani i loko o ka lolo.

He aha ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka AVT a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe?

ʻO nā ʻano hana e like me ka heluhelu lehelehe a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo lima e hilinaʻi nei i nā hōʻailona ʻike maka , ʻo ia hoʻi, nā mea āu e ʻike ai me kou mau maka. ʻO ka mea e hana ʻia ana, ʻo ka ʻāpana o ka lolo e pili ana i ka lohe ʻana, ʻo ia ka auditory cortex, ʻaʻole i hoʻoulu ʻia a hana ʻole.

Akā i ka lāʻau lapaʻau AVT, ʻo ke kū'ē ka mea e hana ʻia. ʻO ka mea e hana ʻia ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia ka ulu ʻana o ka "lolo lohe" o ke keiki. ʻO ia hoʻi, ua aʻo ʻia lākou e ʻōlelo a hoʻomaopopo ma o ka lohe ʻana. ʻO kekahi ʻokoʻa kūikawā, ʻo ia ka lilo ʻana o nā mākua a me ka ʻohana i mau mea koʻikoʻi i kēia kaʻina hana.

Ma ke ʻano he mau mākua, he aha kāu e hana ai ma ka home?

E lilo ke kauka lapaʻau i kumu aʻo nui nou nāna e alakaʻi iā ʻoe. E hoʻomanaʻo i kēia mau mea ke noho ʻoe ma ka home me kāu keiki.

No ke aha i kūleʻa nui ai kēia ʻano hana?

Aia kekahi kumu ʻepekema no kēia. ʻO nā makahiki 3.5 mua o ke ola o ke keiki he wā gula no ka ulu ʻana o ka lolo. I loko o kēia manawa, ua palupalu loa ka lolo. ʻO ia hoʻi, he hiki kupaianaha kona e aʻo i nā mea hou a hana i nā pilina hou. Kāhea mākou i kēia he neural plasticity .

Inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kahi keiki me ka nalowale o ka lohe ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ke kani i loko o kēia wā, e maʻa ka lolo i nā mea hoʻoulu ʻike maka wale nō. ʻO ia hoʻi, lilo ia i "lolo ʻike maka." Akā ʻo ka mea a AVT e hana ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana pono ʻana i kēia manawa gula a hoʻololi i ka lolo i "lolo lohe a ʻike."

Pehea ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ai no kahi kau hoʻōla?

• E nānā i ka hana pono ʻana o nā mea kōkua hoʻolohe a kāu keiki ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ka hālāwai.
• E lawe mai i kahi puke liʻiliʻi a i ʻole kahi faila e kākau ai i nā memo a me nā hana a kāu mea hoʻoponopono e hāʻawi ai iā ʻoe.
• He mea waiwai nui nō hoʻi ka mālama ʻana i kahi album e hoʻopaʻa ai i ka holomua o kāu keiki a e hōʻiliʻili i nā kiʻi.

ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻekolu mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha ka lōʻihi o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, akā hiki ke ʻokoʻa mai kēlā keiki a kēia keiki. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ia ka hoʻomau ʻana i kēia hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma o nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā me kāu keiki ma ka home, a me ka hele ʻana i nā hālāwai hoʻōla.

He kakaikahi wale nō nā loea i aʻo ʻia (nā loea hoʻolohe a ʻōlelo ʻōlelo - LSLS) ma ka honua. No laila, he mea paʻakikī paha ke loaʻa i hoʻokahi ma Sri Lanka. Eia nō naʻe, he mea nui loa e kūkākūkā i kēia me ke Kauka Lapaʻau ENT a i ʻole ka Luna Hoʻōla ʻŌlelo a me ka ʻŌlelo e mālama nei i kāu keiki a e ʻimi i kā lākou alakaʻi.