IMPACT OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE ON DIAGNOSIS OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT
Aim of this paper was to examine effectiveness of speech and language development examination of persons with hearing impairment in form of applicable diagnostic software in relation to classical approach. Research was conducted on the sample of 45 respondents from the population of students with hearing impairments based on following criteria: degree of impairment above 80 dB, age from 6 to 15 years without any other disabilities. Data was processed with descriptive analysis, Wilcoxon test and t-test. Results of the research confirmed that applicable diagnostic software provide more effective diagnostic procedures for examining of speach and language development of persons with hearing impairment in relation to classical approach.