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The Understanding of Communicative Intentions in Children with Severe-to-Profound Hearing Loss
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Kelly, Ciara; Morgan, Gary; Freeth, Megan; Siegal, Michael; Matthews, Danielle – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2019
The ability to distinguish lies from sincere false statements requires understanding a speaker's communicative intentions and is argued to develop through linguistic interaction. We tested whether this ability was delayed in 26 children with severe-to-profound hearing loss who, based on vocabulary size, were thought to have relatively limited…
Descriptors: Deafness, Cognitive Development, Developmental Delays, Children
Comparing Auditory-Only and Audiovisual Word Learning for Children with Hearing Loss
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McDaniel, Jena; Camarata, Stephen; Yoder, Paul – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2018
Although reducing visual input to emphasize auditory cues is a common practice in pediatric auditory (re)habilitation, the extant literature offers minimal empirical evidence for whether unisensory auditory-only (AO) or multisensory audiovisual (AV) input is more beneficial to children with hearing loss for developing spoken language skills. Using…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Speech Communication, Language Skills
Early Reading Development in Chinese-Speaking Children with Hearing Loss
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Chan, Yi-Chih; Yang, You-Jhen – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2018
This study aims to explore early reading comprehension in Chinese-speaking children with hearing loss (HL) by examining character recognition and linguistic comprehension. Twenty-five children with HL received three measures relevant to character reading: phonological awareness (PA), morphological awareness (MA), and character recognition; two…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Chinese, Hearing Impairments, Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Knowledge of Children with Cochlear Implants: A Meta-Analysis
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Lund, Emily – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2016
This article employs meta-analysis procedures to evaluate whether children with cochlear implants demonstrate lower spoken-language vocabulary knowledge than peers with normal hearing. Of the 754 articles screened and 52 articles coded, 12 articles met predetermined inclusion criteria (with an additional 5 included for one analysis). Effect sizes…
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology
Facilitating Vocabulary Acquisition of Children with Cochlear Implants Using Electronic Storybooks
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Messier, Jane; Wood, Carla – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2015
The present intervention study explored the word learning of 18 children with cochlear implants in response to E-book instruction. Capitalizing on the multimedia options available in electronic storybooks, the intervention incorporated videos and definitions to provide a vocabulary intervention that includes evidence-based teaching strategies. The…
Descriptors: Deafness, Children, Electronic Publishing, Childrens Literature
Hearing Experience and Receptive Vocabulary Development in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants
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Fagan, Mary K.; Pisoni, David B. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2010
This study investigated receptive vocabulary delay in deaf children with cochlear implants. Participants were 23 children with profound hearing loss, ages 6-14 years, who received a cochlear implant between ages 1.4 and 6 years. Duration of cochlear implant use ranged from 3.7 to 11.8 years. "Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third…
Descriptors: Children, Speech, Oral Language, Deafness