Talk with me! Parental linguistic input to toddlers with moderate hearing loss

Dirks, Evelien; Stevens, Angela; Kok, Sigrid; Frijns, Johan H. M.; Rieffe, Carolien

doi:10.1017/s0305000919000667

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“…Nevertheless, our study still shows a tendency for mothers of children with CIs to produce more directives (see also Figure 2). One explanation for this result seemingly in contrast with Dirks et al's (2020) is related to the degree of children's deafness (moderate there vs severe to profound here), with mothers tending to be more directive only when their child's deafness is more severe.…”

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Bidirectional language influence in mother–child interaction and its effects on the communicative development of children with cochlear implants: A longitudinal study

Persici¹,

Morelli²,

Lavelli³

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The present study aimed to investigate the communicative characteristics of children with cochlear implants (CIs) and their mothers in interaction, whether and how they differ from those of mother–child dyads with normal hearing, and whether mother and child influence each other over the first year after implantation. Eighteen Italian-speaking children with CIs were assessed longitudinally across four time points, from before implantation (ages: 10–33 months) to 1 year after implantation. Two groups of normally-hearing children matched for age or lexical production level were used as comparison groups. The language used by mothers in semi-structured play sessions with their children was analyzed for use of specific techniques aimed at eliciting language in children with CIs (or Facilitating Language Techniques [FLTs]: questions, labeling, comments, parallel talk, reformulations, and directives); children’s language was analyzed for communicative functions (initiatives and adequate responses). Results showed delayed communicative development for children with CIs with respect to both control groups and different use of FLTs such as directives between mothers of children with or without normal hearing. Findings also highlighted an effect of the interlocutor’s communicative behavior for both children and mothers: In the group of children with CIs, children’s initiatives were hindered by a higher use of questions; mothers’ labeling was negatively affected by children’s responsivity. Findings may have important implications for language development support programs, families, and professionals.

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Bidirectional language influence in mother–child interaction and its effects on the communicative development of children with cochlear implants: A longitudinal study

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Morelli²,

Lavelli³

et al. 2022

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“…Despite this, research on children with moderate hearing loss has been less frequent in comparison to severe and profound hearing losses [31]. Fortunately, in the last years, more research has been conducted on children with moderate hearing loss [32][33][34], which contributes to our knowledge on the development of this group of children and the interventions needed.…”

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Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Dutch Newborns; Results of the Nationwide Well-Baby Newborn Hearing Screening Program

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Uilenburg

Ploeg³

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Background: Few studies report prevalence rates of hearing loss in newborns for nationwide populations. The Dutch well-baby newborn hearing screening covers almost all eligible children and has high participation rates for follow-up screening rounds and diagnosis. This allows calculating reliable prevalence rates of permanent neonatal hearing loss specified by severity. Methods: Results from the well-baby newborn hearing screening program and diagnostic follow-up of referred children from 2015 to 2019 were included in calculating prevalence rates. Hearing loss was classified according to the degree of severity. Results: A total of 99.7% of 833,318 children eligible for screening were included. A total of 0.3% were referred for audiological diagnostics. Permanent bilateral hearing loss of ≥40 dB was diagnosed in 23.7% of them and unilateral hearing loss in 14.4%. A prevalence rate of 1.23 per 1000 children was found, 0.46 for unilateral hearing loss and 0.76 for bilateral hearing loss. Moderate hearing loss is most common in children with bilateral hearing loss (0.47), followed by profound (0.21) and severe (0.06) hearing loss. In children with unilateral hearing loss, prevalence rates are the highest for profound hearing loss (0.21), followed by moderate (0.16) and severe (0.09) hearing loss. A total of 87.5% of the children were diagnosed within the age of 3 months. Conclusions: Because of the high quality of the Dutch well-baby hearing screening program, reported results approximate true prevalence rates of permanent hearing loss by severity.

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“…Moreover, parental overprotection and linguistic over-simplification are often observed between DHH children and their parents with TH ( Calderon & Greenberg, 2011 ; Pinquart, 2013 ; Vaccari & Marschark, 1997 ). These leave DHH children with fewer opportunities for learning skills by trial and error, and fewer explanations from parents for more abstract concepts, such as mental states ( Dirks, Stevens, Kok, Frijns, & Rieffe, 2020 ; Moeller & Schick, 2006 ; Morgan et al., 2014 ). In turn, DHH children may learn less how to express emotions constructively.…”

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Emotions in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and Typically Hearing Children

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Eichengreen

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The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

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For deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children living in an environment where their access to linguistic input and social interactions is compromised, learning emotions could be difficult, which may further affect social functioning. To understand the role of emotion in DHH children’s social life, this study investigated emotional functioning (i.e., emotion recognition, empathy, emotion expression), and its relation with social functioning (i.e., social competence and externalizing behaviors), in 55 DHH children and 74 children with typical hearing (aged 3–10 years; Mage = 6.04). Parental reports on children’s emotional and social functioning and factors related to DHH children’s hearing were collected. Results showed similar levels of emotional and social functioning in children with and without hearing loss. Use of auditory intervention and speech perception did not correlate with any measures in DHH children. In both groups, higher levels of empathy related to higher social competence and fewer externalizing behaviors; emotion recognition and positive emotion expression were unrelated to either aspect of social functioning. Higher levels of negative emotion expression related to lower social competence in both groups, but to more externalizing behaviors in DHH children only. DHH children in less linguistically accessible environments may not have adequate knowledge for appropriately expressing negative emotions socially.

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Talk with me! Parental linguistic input to toddlers with moderate hearing loss

Cited by 26 publications

References 64 publications

Bidirectional language influence in mother–child interaction and its effects on the communicative development of children with cochlear implants: A longitudinal study

Bidirectional language influence in mother–child interaction and its effects on the communicative development of children with cochlear implants: A longitudinal study

Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Dutch Newborns; Results of the Nationwide Well-Baby Newborn Hearing Screening Program

Emotions in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and Typically Hearing Children

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