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The 3 aspects of speech, psychology and intelligence of deaf children are interrelated, mutually influential and common development. The lag of any aspect will undoubtedly affect the healthy development of other aspects. Among the many factors that affect the development of deaf children’s health and psychology, hearing impairment is undoubtedly a factor that causes children’s abnormal psychological problems to expand, as well as language communication barriers and other harmful factors.

Deaf children’s psychological and behavioral development obstacles are mainly manifested in the following main aspects

　　Emotional development barriers:Due to the influence of hearing loss, the children’s understanding and understanding of external things have obvious defects. The understanding of language has difficulties that ordinary people can’t imagine. 1 children with an average hearing loss of more than 55 decibels will miss most of the language information in language communication. The language development of most deaf children is rather slow. On the contrary, the child’s imagination is very rich, and his observation is also sharp. In the understanding of language, deaf children often use lip reading to capture language information. Visual compensation plays a vital role in the understanding of deaf children. They often concentrate on observing with their eyes, so they often appear to be exceptionally quiet and silent. Deaf children have some difficulties in expressing their needs and emotions due to hearing and language barriers. They often feel unintelligible and are not accepted by the surrounding environment. They are obviously not sensitive enough or even have some difficulties in understanding other people or things. If these difficulties are not understood by the surrounding environment for a long time, or even subject to some accusations, there will gradually be obstacles to emotional development.

　　Psychological needs disorder:Many nephews have a strong dependence on their parents. Due to the obstacles in listening language, deaf children need emotional communication. Some deaf children have more obvious stubborn and creative performance, which may be related to lack of emotional communication.

　　Impulsive behavior:In the family lacking parental care, the impulsive behavior of the deaf children is very obvious. It may be that the deaf children hope to arouse the care of their parents.

　　Social interaction difficulties:Hearing language barriers can hinder social interactions. It is often difficult for a deaf child to make a normal child of the same age. He is willing to stay at home to find fun or choose other deaf children. This will further alienate them from normal children, resulting in inferiority, lack of self-confidence, emotional instability, and easy to lose temper.

　　Learning Disability:The biggest problem facing deaf children is the education problem. They have difficulties in learning that are difficult for ordinary people to imagine. In addition to hearing language barriers, there is a clear lack of attention. Because they need to be very focused on listening and observing, they are prone to fatigue, often with lack of concentration, distraction and unresponsiveness, no interest in learning, and even tired of learning.

The psychology of deaf children has its own particularity, and some deaf children have a guardianship mentality for adults. As parents, they must be good at observing and exploring their inner world in ways and means that are easy for them to accept. Communicate with them in ways that they like to hear and understand. Parents should also fully understand the difficulties faced by deaf children, and recognize that deaf children also have the same understanding, emotions and will as normal children. Parents of deaf children should pay attention to creating a caring and understanding of the child’s environment. Do not easily define the child’s personality and behavior, and do not easily lose temper to the child. They should be encouraged to interact with normal children, cultivate their sense of social identity, avoid love and unprincipled accommodation at home, and don’t neglect the care and love for their nephews. Family members should be interested in doing some language exchanges with their children to play games and carry out some necessary outdoor activities. They should also pay attention to fostering emotional communication with them, let them feel warmth and love, and pay attention to cultivating them. Will, cultivate their courage to face setbacks and resolve to overcome difficulties.