Language in the light of research on communication of children with hearing impairments

The aim of the following article is to present synthetically the phenomena identified in the course of multiannual observations of communication acts of children, adolescents (babies, kindergarten-age children, pupils and students), as well as adults with hearing impairments in their everyday life, family, kindergarten, school and local environments. The task the author set herself is an attempt to distinguish the main elements, factors and properties of the process of language acquisition by persons who experience different hearing impairments, moreover, to indicate those which are universal and allow, at the same time, to see the language itself in its main humanistic role. This issue merits attention not only due to its importance in terms of surdologopedics and special pedagogy mission, but also because of the most significant problems of contemporary humanities and social sciences, which seek to explain the essence of multiple and complex phenomena that are a consequence of language and mind connection disturbances between persons and cultures.