Article | December 01, 2011Moving to Mainstream Preschool Becky Clem Author Affiliations & Notes Becky Clem Cook Children's Medical Center Rehabilitation Services, Fort Worth, TX © 2011 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information School-Based Settings / Articles Article | December 01, 2011 Moving to Mainstream Preschool SIG 9 Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood, December 2011, Vol. 21, 41-49. doi:10.1044/hhdc21.2.41 SIG 9 Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood, December 2011, Vol. 21, 41-49. doi:10.1044/hhdc21.2.41 View Article Figures Tables PDF PDF Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Clem, B. (2011). Moving to Mainstream Preschool. Perspect Hear Hear Dis Child, 21(2), 41-49. doi: 10.1044/hhdc21.2.41. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: Moving to Mainstream Preschool You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × Children with hearing loss have a world of opportunities available to them because of marvelous advances in hearing technology, including super-powered digital hearing aids, cochlear implants, wireless FM systems, infrared classroom technology for sound field, and the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA). These advances, along with the ability to identify children with hearing loss soon after birth and fit them quickly with hearing technology, have changed the face of intervention and education. It is important for clinicians to start listening and spoken language (LSL) intervention very early, because babies' brains' neural pathways have increased sensitivity to sound before age 3 years. When children with hearing loss learn to speak through listening, they may stay on a normal path to speech and language development (Cole & Flexer, 2007). Now, children with hearing loss who learn to listen and speak typically develop regional accents, clear speech production, the ability to grasp idioms and jokes, and competent conversational skills. The purpose of this article is to describe the processes that are typical as a child with hearing loss transitions from services provided by professionals at an outpatient cochlear implant center to services provided in school settings. Subscribe to view more For full access to this article, log in to an existing user account, become a SIG affiliate, or purchase a short-term subscription. Become a SIG Affiliate Join a SIG Pay Per View Entire SIG 9 Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood content & archive 24-hour access $25.00 Buy Now This Issue 24-hour access $17.00 Buy Now This Article 24-hour access $10.00 Buy Now Sign In or Create an Account Please sign in using your ASHA.org login. If you do not have an ASHA login, you may register with us for free by creating a new account. Sign In or Create an Account We've Changed Our Publication Model... The 19 individual SIG Perspectives publications have been relaunched as the new, all-in-one Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Learn more > Related Articles Parents’ Needs Following Identification of Childhood Hearing Loss American Journal of Audiology, June 2008, Vol. 17, 38-49. doi:10.1044/1059-0889(2008/005) What Do We Want Them To Be When They Grow Up? SIG 9 Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood, March 2010, Vol. 20, 27-31. doi:10.1044/hhdc20.1.27 Still Forgotten After All These Years? SIG 9 Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood, October 2002, Vol. 12, 41-42. doi:10.1044/hhdc12.3.41 Still Forgotten After All These Years? SIG 16 Perspectives on School-Based Issues, October 2002, Vol. 3, 41-42. doi:10.1044/sbi3.3.41 Accuracy of School Screenings in the Identification of Minimal Sensorineural Hearing Loss American Journal of Audiology, December 2014, Vol. 23, 365-373. doi:10.1044/2014_AJA-14-0014 Related Topics School-Based Settings