Language Rights and the Law in Scandinavia by Eduardo D. Faingold

Author:Eduardo D. Faingold
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783031430176
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

However, the massive adoption of cochlear implants by the Norwegian health system in recent times (whose costs are 100% covered by the Norwegian government) is having a major impact on the policies and laws that affect deaf and hard of hearing children in Norwegian schools. The reason is that most children who received two implants at an early age (often before their first birthday) develop language skills (both listening and speaking) which look so good that school counselors, who are often not sign language experts, find it unnecessary for them to attend special schools (Vonen & Peterson, 2019; see, further, Kermit, 2007, 2010; Slettebakk Berge & Ytterhus, 2015). As the authors explain, Arguing that the schools were expensive and were becoming so small that running them could no longer be defended financially, the Ministry of Education made a series of decisions to close down the state schools. In the 2000s, the two existing upper secondary schools were closed, and in the 2010s, the four primary and lower secondary schools. … Since the state schools—traditionally boarding schools—had been meeting-places for pupils from many municipalities, the closing of the schools inevitably has led to reduced possibilities for signing children to grow up together in a rich language environment. (Vonen & Peterson, 2019, p. 201)

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