Objectives: Children from multicultural families tend to have issues with various areas of language development. As such, it is important to do early screening of the language development of children from multicultural families to determine their level of development. To this end, language development screening tests that reflect the special nature of multicultural families should be designed. There is a need for qualitative research because quantitative research alone cannot reflect the real needs of people from multicultural families. In accordance with this need, this study sought to analyze the perceptions and needs of mothers of multicultural families to assist in language development screening for children. Methods: Eleven mothers of multicultural families were chosen to participate in the study and were divided into two groups. The researcher conducted a Focus Group Interview (FGI) and then analyzed the results. Results: The results of the interview were analyzed and categorized based on three main topics (results from the experience of language development test, difficulty in assessing the child's language development, and demand for improvement of the language development test) and nine subtopics. Conclusion: In order to develop a language development screening test for children from multicultural families, consideration needs to be given to language barriers, language development information, and the language development test. 넓은 의미에서 다문화가정은 국제결혼에 따른 이주 여성, 외국인 노동자, 그리고 탈북자 출신의 새터민 등으로 한국사회 내에 남한 이 아닌 다른 문화권으로 이루어진 가정을 의미한다(Suh, 2007). 하지만 연구자의 연구목적에 따라 협의개념이 혼용되어서도 적용 되고 있는데, 다문화가족지원법에 근거한 다문화가정은 결혼 이민 자 또는 귀화자와 한국인으로 이루어진 좁은 의미의 다문화가정, 국제결혼가족으로 한정된다(Kim, 2015). 행정안전부의 통계에 따 르면 2017년 기준으로 다문화가구의 가구원은 총 963,801명, 자녀 의 수는 220,950명으로 꾸준한 증가 추세에 있다(Ministry of Interior and Safety, 2018). 이처럼 국내 다문화가정 자녀의 수가 증가함 에 따라 다문화가정 아동의 발달에 대한 관심 역시 증가하고 있으 며, 특히 언어병리학 분야에서는 이 집단 아동들의 언어발달에 관 한 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 일반적으로 많은 연구진들은 집단 간 비교를 통한 다문화 아동 과
Objectives:The present study was designed to compare the quality of communication life (QCL) between prelingually deafened adults with cochlear implants (ACI) and adults with normal-hearing (ANH), seeking to determine the relationship between QCL and communication abilities of ACI while investigating the predictors of QCL. Methods: The QCL scale of 18 ACI and 18 age-matched ANH was measured. Communication abilities of ACI, such as listening, receptive vocabulary and articulation were also evaluated. A t-test was conducted to examine the differences between the groups according to sub-factors of QCL. Pearson correlation analysis was performed to examine the relationship between the communication ability and QCL of ACI. Finally, multiple regression analysis was performed to evaluate predictor factors of QCL for ACI. Results: ACI scored significantly lower than ANH on the QCL scale. They also showed significantly lower scores among the sub-factors of QCL: communication efficacy, daily life participation, and communication attitude. Among the communication abilities, listening ability (monosyllabic word, bisyllabic word, sentence) and articulation accuracy were correlated with QCL. Also, bisyllabic word listening ability was significantly correlated with QCL, predicting 30.2% of QCL. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest the need to improve QCL of ACI by participating in aural rehabilitation programs and that improving listening ability will have a positive influence on the overall quality of life of adults with cochlear implant.
Objectives: This study investigated the validity and sensitivity · specificity of the Quick Assessment of Childhood Reading and Writing (QRW). The QRW has been developed to screen 5-year-old to 4th grade children' s reading and writing ability. The QRW consists of three subtests: phonological awareness, reading and writing. Methods: Four hundred and twentysix typically developing children participated in this study. For content validity, a 5-scorescale was used for each item and 10 speech-language pathologists served as assessors. Content validity and concurrent validity were analyzed for validity; and test-retest reliability, sensitivity and specificity were analyzed. Results: For content validity, the mean scores of subtests were 4.78, 4.71, and 4.79 respectively. For concurrent validity, the correlation coefficient between the results of the QRW and the subtests of KOLRA and KISE-BAAT was calculated. The results revealed significant correlation. Additionally, the scores of QRW were significantly different by age and grade. Finally, the test-retest reliability, sensitivity and specificity were significantly high. Conclusion: The results of this study revealed that the QRW is a valid and reliable tool for assessing reading and writing skills of Korean children, and that it takes relatively short time and can be used as an efficient screening tool.
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