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Jung, Jongmin; Reed, Jessa; Wagner, Laura; Stephens, Julie; Warner-Czyz, Andrea D.; Uhler, Kristin; Houston, Derek – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This study examined vocabulary profiles in young cochlear implant (CI) recipients and in children with normal hearing (NH) matched on receptive vocabulary size to improve our understanding of young CI recipients' acquisition of word categories (e.g., common nouns or closed-class words). Method: We compared receptive and expressive…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language
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Nicastri, Maria; Giallini, Ilaria; Ruoppolo, Giovanni; Prosperini, Luca; de Vincentiis, Marco; Lauriello, Maria; Rea, Monica; Traisci, Gabriella; Mancini, Patrizia – Journal of Early Intervention, 2021
Deaf children with cochlear implants (CIs) need a supportive family environment to facilitate language development. The present study was designed to assess the effects of parent training (PT) on enhancing children's communication development. The PT was based on the "It Takes Two to Talk" model, with specific adaptations for families of…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Hearing Impairments, Family Environment
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Bavin, Edith L.; Sarant, Julia; Leigh, Greg; Prendergast, Luke; Busby, Peter; Peterson, Candida – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Language outcomes for children with cochlear implants (CIs) vary widely, even for those implanted before 2 years of age. Identifying the main influencing factors that account for some of the variability is important in order to provide information to guide appropriate clinical and intervention services for young children with CIs.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Language Skills, Child Development, Infants
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Kanto, Laura; Huttunen, Kerttu; Laakso, Marja-Leena – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2013
We explored variation in the linguistic environments of hearing children of Deaf parents and how it was associated with their early bilingual language development. For that purpose we followed up the children's "productive vocabulary" (measured with the MCDI; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory) and "syntactic…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Sign Language, Language Acquisition, Bilingualism
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Thal, Donna; DesJardin, Jean L.; Eisenberg, Laurie S. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2007
Purpose: To examine the validity of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) for measuring language abilities in children with profound hearing loss who are using cochlear implants. Method: Twenty-four children with cochlear implants and their mothers participated in this study. Children ranged in age from 32 months to 86…
Descriptors: Validity, Measures (Individuals), Mothers, Deafness