• Geetha Bhai
• Prof. G.S.Gabriel

 Listening to speech is automatic and seemingly effortless. It is an essential part of our daily communication.  Hearing is most significant ability to develop and use oral language is closely related to the ability to process speech through the ears.  People are able to extract linguistic and indexical information from speech because of the specialized way the human hearing mechanism.  Successful recognition of a spoken word requires the lis¬tener to match phonological input to the correct lexical entry in the mental lexicon.  The crucial role of hearing in spoken language development is demonstrated by the language delays observed among the children with bilateral hearing loss (Dale, 1974; Lach, Ling, & Ling, 1970, Quigley & Paul, 1984).  Neighbor¬hood Activation Model (NAM; Luce &Pisoni, 1998): process of spoken word recognition proceeds as follows  I. Perception of a spoken word acti¬vates the item’s lexical entry as well as those of words that are acoustically similar to the spoken word  II.The perceived word is selected from the acti¬vated lexical neighborhood, while competitors (i.e., neighbors) must be inhibited.  Hearing impairment is one of the most prevalent disorders in India.  Hearing loss is permanent and results in significant delay in speech and language development and consequently in important integration problems in the mainstream educational system (Brannon 1966, Davis 1974, Davis 1986, Andrews 1991, Geers 1989).  Hearing aids were unable to restore hearing sufficiently to prevent these severe consequences of congenital deafness.  A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that functions as an auditory prosthesis for patients with severe to profound sensor neural hearing losses

The Lexical Neighborhood Test: Telugu Version for Hearing Impaired Children

"The Lexical Neighborhood Test: Telugu Version for Hearing Impaired Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.756-767, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908907.pdf

"The Lexical Neighborhood Test: Telugu Version for Hearing Impaired Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp756-767, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908907.pdf