NIH R01 · 2025
PROJECT SUMMARY: Congenitally blind children with co-morbid hearing loss (DeafBlind children) often experience severe language delays due to their multisensory losses. These delays often lead to misidentification of these children as Developmentally Delayed and subsequently negatively impact intervention, rehabilitation, and educational efforts. Providing early, accessible language may address this issue by scaffolding early cognitive development. However, current rehabilitation approaches have extremely limited success. Existing interventions rely on establishing associations between an object the child touches (e.g., shoes), and a specific functional activity (e.g., going outside). This…
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