Are You There for Me? Joint Engagement and Emotional Availability in Parent–Child Interactions for Toddlers With Moderate Hearing Loss

Dirks, Evelien; Rieffe, Carolien

doi:10.1097/aud.0000000000000596

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“…It is known that increased parental involvement improves speech outcomes in children with hearing loss. 25 Therefore a family-centred approach during the ‘watchful waiting’ period may significantly improve outcomes.…”

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“…Encouraging parental engagement with their child's speech and language development All of the above Clinician recommendation of the app and clear guidance in the app encourage active and supported involvement of parents with their child's hearing loss management, which has been shown to improve long term speech and language outcomes. 25 or same room at home, the results may be compared to estimate trends in hearing over time.…”

Section: Access To Tailored Speech Support Speech and Language Therapmentioning

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An evaluation of the Hear Glue Ear mobile application for children aged 2–8 years old with otitis media with effusion

Fordington

Brown

2020

DIGITAL HEALTH

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Objectives To evaluate the acceptability and usability of the Hear Glue Ear mobile application to guide families and support speech and language development in children with otitis media with effusion (OME). To assess the validity of the app’s game-based hearing test to estimate changes in hearing levels between audiology appointments. Method This evaluation examined 60 children aged 2–8 with and without OME, attending Cambridge Community Audiology clinics. Children’s performance in the app’s hearing test was compared to their pure tone average (PTA) obtained in clinic. Children and caregivers completed questionnaires after their first interaction with the app, and after one week of using it at home. 18 clinicians completed anonymous questionnaires after trialling the app. Results Results from the app’s hearing test show a significant correlation with clinic PTA values ([Formula: see text]). 73.1% of caregivers supported their child using the app regularly and 85% thought it enabled them to give more accurate reports to clinicians. After one week, 87.0% of families downloaded and used the app at home, and 85.7% of these felt it provided strategies to help their child. 100% of children liked the app and 93.3% found it easy to use. 77.8% of clinicians supported patients using the app regularly. Conclusions Hear Glue Ear is acceptable to children, caregivers and clinicians as part of OME management. The app’s hearing test provides a valid estimate of fluctuating hearing levels. Hear Glue Ear is a free, accessible and family-centred intervention to provide trusted information and support development, as NICE guidance recommends.

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Section: Access To Tailored Speech Support Speech and Language Therapmentioning

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An evaluation of the Hear Glue Ear mobile application for children aged 2–8 years old with otitis media with effusion

Fordington

Brown

2020

DIGITAL HEALTH

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“…Another possibility is that parents may appropriately modify their language use to fit the poorer language abilities of children with MHL, relative to children with NH. Parents of children with MHL may in fact be highly sensitive to their children's abilities and adapt their linguistic input accordingly (Dirks & Rieffe, 2019). From a social constructivist perspective, language learning takes place in the 'zone of proximal development' (Vygotsky, 1978): parental linguistic input should be sufficiently challenging for a child to learn new words, neither too simple nor too difficult.…”

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“…This study is part of a larger study on the psychosocial functioning of toddlers with MHL and their families (Dirks & Rieffe, 2019;Dirks, Uilenburg, & Rieffe, 2016;Dirks et al, 2017). In total, 42 children between 29 and 33 months of age participated in this study.…”

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

Dirks

Stevens²,

Kok³

et al. 2019

J. Child Lang.

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This study examined the quantity and quality of parental linguistic input to toddlers with moderate hearing loss (MHL) compared with toddlers with normal hearing (NH). The linguistic input to eighteen toddlers with MHL and twenty-four toddlers with NH was examined during a 10-minute free-play activity in their home environment. Results showed that toddlers with MHL were exposed to an equivalent amount of parental linguistic input compared to toddlers with NH. However, parents of toddlers with MHL used less high-level facilitative language techniques, used less mental state language, and used shorter utterances than parents of toddlers with NH. Quantity and quality measures of parental linguistic input were positively related to the expressive language abilities of toddlers with MHL.

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“…An important foundation for language development is joint attention, i.e., two people with a mutual focus. Hearing parents struggle to establish and maintain this behaviour with their young deaf infants [ 20 , 21 ]. Higher rates of directive behaviours from hearing parents of deaf children [ 17 , 22 ], are less conducive for maintaining attention.…”

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Assessing Parent Behaviours in Parent–Child Interactions with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants Aged 0–3 Years: A Systematic Review

Curtin

Dirks

Cruice

et al. 2021

JCM

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Background: Despite early identification and advancements in cochlear implant and hearing aid technology, delays in language skills in deaf children continue to exist. Good-quality parent–child interaction (PCI) is a key predictor for the successful development of deaf children’s signed and/or spoken language. Though professionals have standard assessments to monitor child language, a clinical tool to observe the quality of parental interaction is yet to be developed. Aims and methods: This systematic review with narrative synthesis aims to uncover which parent behaviours are assessed in PCI studies with deaf infants aged 0–3 years, how these behaviours are assessed, and which are correlated with higher scores in child language. Results: Sixty-one papers were included, spanning 40 years of research. Research included in the review assessed parents’ skills in gaining attention, joint engagement, emotional sensitivity, and language input. PCI was mostly assessed using coding systems and frame-by-frame video analysis. Some of the parent behaviours mentioned previously are associated with more words produced by deaf children. Conclusion: The results of the review provide the evidence base required to develop the content of a future clinical assessment tool for parent–child interaction in deafness.

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Are You There for Me? Joint Engagement and Emotional Availability in Parent–Child Interactions for Toddlers With Moderate Hearing Loss

Cited by 23 publications

References 51 publications

An evaluation of the Hear Glue Ear mobile application for children aged 2–8 years old with otitis media with effusion

An evaluation of the Hear Glue Ear mobile application for children aged 2–8 years old with otitis media with effusion

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

Assessing Parent Behaviours in Parent–Child Interactions with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants Aged 0–3 Years: A Systematic Review

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