[A multidisciplinary approach to the management of deaf infants]

An important epistemological change characterizes the education of hearing impaired and profoundly deaf children. The integration into ordinary schools and early home guidance are manifestations of this change. Early home guidance has been recognized as a promising new training approach for hearing impaired children. One breaks through the usual confinement in a specialized institution and strict individually based guidance. The family of the hearing impaired baby is directly involved in its early training. The authors have followed this new approach for several years now and explain their daily experience. An integrated training model is outlined in this article.