The capacity of the brain to understand
spoken words [learning] is referred to by us as Language.
Speech is the output of this language.
Language
development child
Modern studies indicate
70% of verbal language development in a child takes
place in 1st year of life and 95% by 3 years. After
6 years it is near impossible to develop verbal language.
Without verbal language there is no speech [output].
A child who is Dumb at
age 6 will continue to be dumb and will not be able
to develop verbal language and speech. Hence the urgent
need for early detection of hearing loss in a child,
to prevent dumbness.
The key factors
for Language / Speech development are,
Input
devises - Hearing / Ear [85% to 90%] is the most important
input in verbal language development, and the balance
predominantly visual / Eye clues.
Computer
/ Brain - Has the Auditory centre for processing [RAM],
The Language or Speech centre [Memory] for storage
and retrieval [Hard disc].
Output
- devise are the organs of speech like Vocal cords,
tongue, oral cavity etc [Monitor / printer].
To understand Language / speech development
we should understand the working of a computer and the learning
process in man.
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