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Song Recognition by Young Children with Cochlear Implants: Comparison between Unilateral, Bilateral, and Bimodal Users
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Bartov, Tamar; Most, Tova – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2014
Purpose: To examine song identification by preschoolers with normal hearing (NH) versus preschoolers with cochlear implants (CIs). Method: Participants included 45 children ages 3;8-7;3 (years;months): 12 with NH and 33 with CIs, including 10 with unilateral CI, 14 with bilateral CIs, and 9 bimodal users (CI-HA) with unilateral CI and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Singing, Music, Auditory Perception
Understanding of Emotions and False Beliefs among Hearing Children versus Deaf Children
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Ziv, Margalit; Most, Tova; Cohen, Shirit – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2013
Emotion understanding and theory of mind (ToM) are two major aspects of social cognition in which deaf children demonstrate developmental delays. The current study investigated these social cognition aspects in two subgroups of deaf children--those with cochlear implants who communicate orally (speakers) and those who communicate primarily using…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Social Cognition, Theory of Mind
Pragmatic Abilities of Children with Hearing Loss Using Cochlear Implants or Hearing Aids Compared to Hearing Children
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Most, Tova; Shina-August, Ella; Meilijson, Sara – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2010
This study characterized the profile of pragmatic abilities among 24 children with hearing loss (HL) aged 6.3-9.4 years, 13 using hearing aids (HAs) and 11 using cochlear implants (CIs), in comparison to those of 13 hearing children with similar chronological and language ages. All the children with HL used spoken language, attended regular…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Speech, Rehabilitation Programs, Oral Language
Auditory, Visual, and Auditory-Visual Speech Perception by Individuals with Cochlear Implants versus Individuals with Hearing Aids
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Most, Tova; Rothem, Hilla; Luntz, Michal – American Annals of the Deaf, 2009
The researchers evaluated the contribution of cochlear implants (CIs) to speech perception by a sample of prelingually deaf individuals implanted after age 8 years. This group was compared with a group with profound hearing impairment (HA-P), and with a group with severe hearing impairment (HA-S), both of which used hearing aids. Words and…
Descriptors: Sentences, Hearing Impairments, Auditory Perception, Assistive Technology
Identity and Attitudes towards Cochlear Implant among Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents
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Most, Tova; Wiesel, Amatzia; Blitzer, Tamar – Deafness and Education International, 2007
This study examined the relationships between identity orientations and attitudes toward cochlear implant (CI). A total of 115 deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) adolescents completed a demographic questionnaire, the Deaf Identity Developmental Scale (DIDS) and an attitudes toward CI questionnaire. The DIDS results showed that participants'…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Adolescents
Mothers' Stress and Expectations as a Function of Time since Child's Cochlear Implantation
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Weisel, Amatzia; Most, Tova; Michael, Rinat – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2007
This study examined stress, attitudes, and expectations among mothers of deaf children who underwent cochlear implantation (CI), as related to time elapsed since surgery. Participants were 64 mothers of such children at different points in the implantation process: candidates, 0-3 years postimplantation, and more than 3 years later. Expectations…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Mother Attitudes, Surgery, Age Differences