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Kindergarten students go through an exercise with Leah Lind, right, a teacher at CCHAT. Children's Choice for Hearing and Talking in Sacramento is one of only two auditory/oral schools for deaf. They teach deaf and hard of hearing children to listen and develop spoken language. Deaf children used to be able only to learn sign language and would not have normally been taught spoken language, but there's a growing trend toward using state-of-the-art hearing aids and cochlear implants on children as young as 18 months old. Wednesday, August 29, 2012 -
Cochlear implants help children learn to speak at a young age. -
Moumita Banergee of Natomas watches her daughter's classroom activity by peering through a window. -
Speech therapist Michelle Harder reads with four-year-old Amina Shahid during a on-on-one session. -
Speech therapist Nancy Gervais comforts Alrhey Margarejo, 4, while another staff member replaces a battery in his cochlear implant. -
Teacher JanaŽ Lallement helps Faith Crable, 4, learn the August calendar. -
Yousuf Hamdani, 6, listens to his teacher with the help of his cochlear implants. -
Four-year-olds Kai Romero, center, and Aidan Hornbuckle show their silly faces after one of their classmates had his picture taken by their teacher. -
Alrhey Margarejo, 4, and his teacher Diane Durston share a fun moment during a class exercise. Children's Choice for Hearing and Talking in Sacramento is one of only two auditory/oral schools for deaf. They teach deaf and hard of hearing children to listen and develop spoken language. Deaf children used to be able only to learn sign language and would not have normally been taught spoken language, but there's a growing trend toward using state-of-the-art hearing aids and cochlear implants on children as young as 18 months old. Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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