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Predictors of Vocabulary Outcomes in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing from Spanish-Speaking Families
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de Diego-Lázaro, Beatriz; Restrepo, María Adelaida; Sedey, Allison Lee; Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: The goal of this study was to identify predictors of expressive vocabulary in young Spanish-speaking children who are deaf or hard of hearing living in the United States. Method: This cross-sectional study considered 53 children with bilateral hearing loss between 8 and 34 months of age ( M = 24, SD = 6.9). Demographic variables,…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Expressive Language, Spanish Speaking, Vocabulary Development
Can Speech Development at 36 Months in Children with Hearing Loss Be Predicted from Information Available in the Second Year of Life?.
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Obenchain, Patrick; Menn, Lise; Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine – Volta Review, 1999
A study involving 19 children with hearing impairments found that those who developed intelligible speech by 36 months had at 16-23 months a high frequency of vocal utterances, a high proportion of vocal utterances that included intelligible true words, a large consonant inventory, and a high percentage of intonational utterances. (Contains…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition
Expressive Vocabulary Development of Infants and Toddlers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
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Mayne, Alison M.; Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine; Sedey, Allison L.; Carey, Angela – Volta Review, 1999
A study involving 113 children (ages 24-37 months) with hearing impairments found expressive vocabulary was related to the child's age, the age of identification of the child's hearing loss (before or after 6 months), the child's cognitive quotient, and the presence or absence of one or more additional disabilities. (Contains extensive…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Early Identification, Expressive Language
Early Speech Development in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Interrelationships with Language and Hearing.
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Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine; Sedey, Allison – Volta Review, 1999
A study investigated the relationship between speech production and several demographic and developmental factors in 147 children (ages 14-60 months) with hearing impairments. Significant predictors of speech intelligibility and phonetic inventory included the child's age, expressive language ability, degree of hearing loss, mode of communication,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication Skills, Demography, Expressive Language