Cacat PendengaraHearing Impairment in A Clinical Linguistic Aspectn dari Aspek Linguistik Klinikal

Hearing impairment or deafness is one of the problems in physical disability that requires assistance in the aspect of communication. Typically, individuals with hearing impairments have limited language proficiency. Problems in language acquisition result from blurred hearing. Therefore, this study aimed to look at aspects of word pronunciation in the language by hearing impaired individuals. Then, discuss aspects of the resulting word pronunciation with clinical linguistics. In addition, this study applies the Theory of Behaviorism pioneered by Jonh Broadus Watson which involves analysis for the findings of this study. The respondent of this study was a hearing impaired woman who used cochlear implants for hearing aids. There are ten items of food and drink that need to be mentioned by the respondents to see the pronunciation of the utterance. The findings of this study show that the respondents of the study need a stimulus to get the language to correct the pronunciation of words. The words expressed by the respondents only get emphasis from the back of the word only. Meanwhile, the front syllable of the word undergoes changes in terms of abortion, addition and replacement of syllables and letters. In fact, there is an influence of the use of northern dialects in the pronunciation. Thus, problems in pronunciation occur due to blurred hearing and lack of emphasis on the pronunciation of the syllable prefixes of words by those around them. It is hoped that this study can help hearing impaired individuals to improve aspects of their first language acquisition.