Sabrina Hossain Trisa
The name of the girl Umaira was 3 years old. She had deficit in hearing of her right ear with the symptoms unable to
speak and did not understand any command. The ENT (Ear-Nose Throat) specialist diagnosed the case as Sensori-neural
hearing loss and he implanted the Cochlear implant in her right side of the brain. The ENT specialist suggested Umaira’s
mother to admit her in a Deaf special school because she will not be able to speak and understand any command like
her aged typical developing children. After at about of three months of cochlear implant she came to the Speech and
Language Therapy department of CRP Mymensingh-BAU Centre. The case was assed Sensori-neural hearing loss with
Cochlear Implant and Speech & Language Disorder. The application of Speech and Language Therapy included Clinician
directed approach, Parent-Child interaction approach, Auditory Verbal therapy and Distinctive Features methods were
applied within 14 months in 112 sessions. Umaira has developed her Expressive and Comprehension skills along with
the Communication skills after the application of above methods. This study will aware the parents of cochlear implant
children about a vital role of Speech and Language Therapy in their normal lifestyle.
Keywords: Auditory Verbal therapy, Clinician directed approach, Cochlear implant, Parent Child interaction
approach, Case report.
