THE USE OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEARING - IMPAIRED CHILDREN’S SPEECH IN INCLUSION CONDITION

Abstract

This research work has been funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant No.  AP19679272 «Development of educational mobile applications for inclusive education of children with hearing impairments»).

The article is aimed at determining the impact of computer applications for the development of hearing- impaired children.

The article reveals the research related to the development of speech in children with special educational needs. The category of children with special needs includes children with speech disorders, as a rule, this category of children has impaired auditory perception, phonemic hearing, fine motor skills, spatial orientation, which directly affects the development of speech of the child.

Many researchers such as R. Levina, R. Boskis, G. Nikashina who have studied the general underdevelopment of speech in children claim that the nodal formation of speech disorders is the lack of phonemic hearing. Consequently, children with speech disorders have difficulties in mastering sound analysis and word synthesis, which entails different types of deviations that manifest themselves in dyslexia and dysgraphia. Further, such children have difficulties in learning at school, so this problem is significant and relevant.

In the authors' opinion, it is necessary to use innovative methods in the work on speech development. The authors analyze various modern innovative technologies. An empirical study to identify the formed fine motor skills of preschoolers with general underdevelopment of speech, based on the relationship between the development of fine motor skills and speech development.  The diagnostic method of fine motor skills examination by N.V. Nishcheva consisting of three blocks was used. The group of preschoolers participating in the experiment was determined.

From the practical point of view, recommendations and a system of exercises for the use of sand therapy are given, which allows to develop both fine motor skills and speech in unity. The system of proposed exercises is methodologically justified and experimentally tested.

The results of the study can be used in work with preschoolers in kindergartens, special organizations, as well as in the preparation of the program and universities of educators, speech therapists.