Armin Löwe

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Armin Löwe (born October 17, 1922 in Meißen ; † October 23, 2001 in Heidelberg ) is considered the father of pediatric audiology in Germany and a pioneer of auditory-verbal education .

Life

During the Second World War , Löwe was taken prisoner from 1945 to 1947. After his release, he trained as a primary school teacher in Heidelberg . A few months of practical experience as a primary school teacher was followed by two years of additional training at the seminar for deaf and dumb teachers from 1949 to 1951 , which at the time was associated with Heidelberg University .

1951-1959 he was a teacher at the school for the deaf in Heidelberg. In 1959, Löwe founded the first pediatric audiological advice center for parents of hearing impaired children in Heidelberg, which he headed until 1966. At the same time he was the editor of an annual newsletter in the field of early education and parenting. 1959–1990 he was editor of the magazine “hearing impaired children”.

1966–1970 he taught as a lecturer at the Heidelberg University of Education and from 1969 as a lecturer at the then Institute for Hearing, Speech and Visually Impaired Education. In 1970 he was appointed professor for pedagogical audiology at the University of Education in Heidelberg and in 1973 he was also appointed professor for deaf education.

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He devoted his entire career to promoting speech for deaf and hard of hearing children. Leo was a proponent of the school integration of hearing-impaired children and adolescents. He laid the foundation stone for the promotion of hearing and speech development in early childhood hearing-impaired children in Germany and was particularly committed to the early support of hearing-impaired children.

Löwe wrote numerous specialist books and essays on the subject of childhood hearing loss , which have been translated into numerous European languages. He was internationally active and gave guest lectures in more than thirty countries around the world.

Awards
  • In 2002 he was (posthumously) awarded the "Sunshine Medal - Growing Together" from the Theodor Hellbrügge Foundation for his life's work.

Publications (selection)

  • Home language education for hearing impaired toddlers . A new way of early intervention for hearing impaired children. 2nd Edition. Berlin 1965
  • Speech-enhancing games for hearing-impaired toddlers . 2nd Edition. Berlin 1967
  • Modern technical teaching and rehabilitation aids for the deaf and hard of hearing . Neubiberg 1972
  • Heidelberg Hörprüf-Bild-Test (HHBT) for school beginners : test material. Villingen-Schwenningen 1972
  • Children's audiometry . An introduction from a pedagogical point of view. Berlin 1974
  • From shock to constructive acceptance . In: "Hearing Impaired Children" 20/1983
  • History of Deaf Education . In: History of Special Education, Solarová, Svetluse [Hrsg.], Kohlhammer Stuttgart 1983
  • Learn to hear in-game . Practical guides for listening to hearing-impaired toddlers. 5th edition. Berlin 1990
  • Listening education for hearing impaired children . History - methods - possibilities. A handout for parents, educators and therapists. 2nd revised and expanded edition. Heidelberg 1991
  • Hearing impaired education international: history - countries - people - congresses . Heidelberg 1992
  • Listening tests in the pediatrician practice . An introduction for paediatricians, medical-technical assistants, medical assistants and speech therapists. Heidelberg 1996
  • Educational aids for hearing-impaired children in mainstream schools . A handout for teachers as well as for parents and therapists of deaf and hard of hearing mainstream schoolchildren (4th revised and expanded edition). Heidelberg 1996
  • Learn to hear in-game . Instructions for listening exercises with hearing impaired and with perceptually impaired children. Berlin 1997
  • Former German deaf schools in today's Poland - their origins and history . Frankenthal 2001
  • Early registration, early detection, early education of hearing-impaired children (3rd, completely revised edition). Berlin 2002

literature

  • Christiane Hartmann-Börner: Tasks and possibilities of educational audiology in the provision of hearing aids for infants and toddlers . In: Ursula Horsch (Ed.): Early dialogues. Early education of hearing-impaired infants and young children. Hamburg 2004
  • Gottfried Diller: A life dedicated to the verbal support of deaf children. In: Language, Voice, Ear 26, 2002.
  • Werner Salz: Learning from listening and speaking. A symposium on neurophysiological aspects and the development of early dialogues in hearing impaired infants and young children . In: Hearing Impaired Education 56, 2002.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor Hellbrügge Foundation: Sunshine Medal
  2. ↑ History of special education: Armin Löwe - Deaf education
personal data
SURNAME Leo, Armin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pediatric audiologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 2001
Place of death Heidelberg