Auditory and language processing disorder: A case study

This chapter describesa psychoeducational intervention for supporting language learning. It concerns a child that lost about 80% of hearing functioning at 11 months age, caused by an occlusive otitis. Despite successful surgery, the child didn’t learn to talk. Chapterobjective consists of presenting the psychoeducational intervention adopted. This was based on inclusive practices aimed to develop language skills andcarried out by an interdisciplinary team in collaboration with primary school teachers. The methodology used fordescribing the intervention consisted of a naturalistic observation that allowed collecting information on changes as result of the intervention. This permitted the analysis of the insights generated through practical experiences, and to find evidence in research on language learning. Also, the results emerged through the observation of this interventionprovided useful elements for encouraging the exploration of intervention’s potentiality andinspire future trajectories of research