Prerequisites for the Holistic Development of Children with Hearing Impairment

Human beings aspire for success in every sphere of their lives. Success is a state or condition of fulfilling a certain limit of human expectations. Success for a person can mean living a happy and fulfilling life. For a person to be successful, he must have several prerequisites. Prerequisites establish the necessary basis and conditions for success in various spheres of a person’s life. On fulfillment of these prerequisites, a person acquires the basic knowledge, skills, abilities and readiness required to achieve his goals. These pave the way for progress and personal development and ultimately increase the chances of achieving the goals set by the person. There are several prerequisites for the all-round development of hearing impaired children. Hearing impaired children have prerequisites for proper development in the areas of hearing, speech, language, communication, education, family, social, psycho-social, emotional, psychological, personality, emotional etc. By fulfilling these prerequisites, they can be helped in their progress and in achieving their full potential. Many efforts need to be made for this. In this article an attempt has been made to present various prerequisites responsible for the all-round development of hearing impaired children.