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Cejas, Ivette; Barker, David H.; Quittner, Alexandra L.; Niparko, John K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2014
Purpose: To evaluate joint engagement (JE) in age-matched children with and without hearing and its relationship to oral language skills. Method: Participants were 180 children with severe-to-profound hearing loss prior to cochlear implant surgery, and 96 age-matched children with normal hearing; all parents were hearing. JE was evaluated in a…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Oral Language, Language Skills
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Kronenberger, William G.; Colson, Bethany G.; Henning, Shirley C.; Pisoni, David B. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2014
Neurocognitive processes such as executive functioning (EF) may influence the development of speech-language skills in deaf children after cochlear implantation in ways that differ from normal-hearing, typically developing children. Conversely, spoken language abilities and experiences may also exert reciprocal effects on the development of EF.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Neurological Organization, Executive Function, Speech Skills
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MacWilliams, Bruce A.; Johnson, Barbara A.; Shuckra, Amy L.; D'Astous, Jacques L. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2011
Aim: To compare function and gait in a group of children older than most children who received selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) with age- and function-matched peers who received either orthopedic surgery or no surgical intervention. Method: A retrospective study examined ambulatory children with diplegic cerebral palsy, aged between 10 years and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Cerebral Palsy, Surgery, Classification
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Ruggirello, Caterina; Mayer, Connie – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2010
This case study is an examination of the language development of a single pair of fraternal twins--one with a profound, sensorineural hearing loss who received simultaneous bilateral cochlear implants at 1 year of age and the other with normal hearing. The purpose of the study was to compare the twins' language development over time from 6 months…
Descriptors: Twins, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition, Deafness
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Kalita, Kamal Narayan – Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2010
Background: Postpartum period is associated with higher rates for depression, blues and psychosis. Anxiety is also significant. These disorders may have serious implications in the cognitive development of the infant. There is relative lack of data in this area. So we tried to estimate postpartum anxiety and depression in a group of women and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Psychosis, Child Development, Infants
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Snow, David; Ertmer, David – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2009
This study describes the development of emerging intonation in six children who had received a cochlear implant (CI) before the age of 3 years. At the time their implant was activated, the children ranged in age from 11-37 months. Spontaneous longitudinal speech samples were recorded from 30-minute sessions in which the child interacted with his…
Descriptors: Intervals, Intonation, Assistive Technology, Deafness