Frontiers of Language and Teaching …...…………………………………………….… Volume 3 (2012) 255 Development of Language Stimulation Home Training Activity Manual in Hindi for Parents of Children with Hearing Impairment: A Pilot Study Rajeev Ranjan Speech Therapist, Society for the Physically Disabled, Singapore Email: rajnav11@hotmail.com Arun Banik National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS), Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India Abstract This study aims to develop a language stimulation home training activity manual useful for the children with hearing impairment in the chronological age range of 2-6 years. A Quasi Experimental Research Design was chosen to undertake the present study, in which 8 Parents and 8 Special educators (Hearing impaired) were included. All subjects were having or teaching schools going severe to profound hearing impaired children in the age range of 2-6 years. Developed activity manual was given to all the subjects for 3 months reading and implementing the activity manual on their hearing impaired children. And also developed questionnaire was given to rate the manual in 4 rating scale after the reading of the activity manual. Intra-rating reliability test and analysis of the scored questionnaire was done to see the impact and usefulness of developed activity manual by the all subjects (Parents and special educators). Results of the Kendall’s Tau-b test showed that there were no significant differences among two groups for the impact and usefulness of developed activity manual. Keywords: Language Stimulation, Activity Manual, Hearing Impairment, Children, Home, Parents, Special Educators Introduction Hearing impairment is the most frequent sensory deficit in human populations, affecting more than 250 million people in the world. Consequences of hearing impairment include inability to interpret speech sounds, often producing a reduced ability to communicate, delay in language acquisition, economic and educational disadvantage, social isolation and stigmatization. It may be worsened by some medical conditions such as hypothyroidism, diabetes and possibly hyperlipidemia, among others (WHO). About one in every 2,700 children is born with profound hearing loss. Ninety percent of deaf children are born to hearing parents where deafness is totally unexpected. Too often, hearing loss is not diagnosed until children are about 12 months old, when they will have missed out on a crucial year of initial language acquisition (Cited in work done by Swati Lahoty 2006). Most congenital and childhood onset hearing loss is included as sequel to various disease and injury such as otitis media, meningitis, rubella, congenital anomalies and non-syndromel inherited hearing loss. Currently hearing impairment is recognized as an important disability in India, requiring rehabilitation, as evidenced by its inclusion in the Persons with Disabilities (Equal