This must have been the most difficult article I have written here at Ashford. I think a lot of it had to do with finding four articles that I could really relate to. Well, again, finding the articles that interested me the most in one of the following areas: cognitive development, language development, social development or even memory and the brain in children and infants. Most students would say it's easy, however, my situation is not that of most students. I have a 6-year-old little girl, named Racine, who is my true inspiration. She is the reason I am here at Ashford and deciding on my major. The reason I bring up my daughter in this article is because all the areas I have to write about really concern her. Racine is hard of hearing and will probably be deaf by the age of 10. That says a lot for our family. However, the hardest part is not that she is losing her hearing, but everything else is about her learning. Racine has all the above problems that we are supposed to write our article about. However, its two major problems, besides hearing loss, are cognitive development and language development. Since you know Racine a little, I would like to get off the beaten track a little. What I mean by that is that I've read all sorts of articles and research on these two different areas of development and there aren't really a lot of hearing loss issues that are there. associates. While doing my research for this article, I discovered that children who suffer from hearing loss tend to express themselves in three specific ways. These methods include American Sign Language, either using auditory-oral communication or simultaneously. Hearing impaired children need to develop their communication skills through the value of their eyes rather than the middle of a piece of paper......from http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/hearing_impairment.htmCauses of Hearing loss in children. (nd). Retrieved from http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/disorders/causes.htmChildren with Hearing Loss A Family Guide. (nd). Retrieved from http://www.he ENT: Ear Nose & Throat - Northwest Pennsylvania Specialists. (nd). Retrieved from http://www.ent-specialists.net/childhearingloss2.phparingproblems.com/Children_with_Hearing_Loss_Family_Guide_Summary.htm Hearing Loss in Children by Kristin Mulcahy.doc. (nd). Retrieved from http://faculty.frostburg.edu/mbradley/EC/childhearingloss.doc Different Types of Hearing Loss. (nd). Retrieved from http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/hearingloss/HL_types.htmlNPC Quietnet: Quiet Classrooms: Paper on Hearing Loss in Children. (nd). Retrieved from http://www.nonoise.org/quietnet/qc/workshop/2paaa2_1.htm