Background Information
Rayan is a three year old girl who was born with a hearing impairment. According to Zirpoli, (2008), a child with a hearing disability finds speech to be imprecise, and Rayan cannot understand any of the speech sounds that are used by people around her. The hearing problem was first discovered by her mother when she brought her from hospital after birth. According to the video ‘A Family Affair’ her mother discovered that she could not wake up after sleeping when disturbances such as drawers and wardrobes are closed. Furthermore, even when the mother played behind her daughter never heard her at all; ...