The Third Edition of this popular book brings up to date the material that so many readers found helpful in the previous editions. The entire text has been rewritten and reorganized with revised chapters focusing on current concepts and practices in audio- logic screening and evaluation, development of the listening function, development of speech, development of language, the role of parents, parent education, mainstreaming of the limited-hearing child, and program modifications for the severely learning disabled child. This edition retains the description of the normal development of spoken