Differences in Spoken Lexical Skills: Preschool Children with Cochlear Implants and Children with Typical Hearing

Luckhurst, Joan A.; Lauback, Cris W.; VanSkiver, Ann P. Unterstein

doi:10.17955/tvr.113.1.729

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“…sentences assessment. 4,5,[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53] With few exceptions, 54,55 deaf and hard of hearing children generally have smaller spoken English vocabularies than age-matched hearing peers. [56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71] ASL exposure seems to be a more reliable means of developing age-expected vocabularies than interventions focused on spoken English.…”

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Deaf Children of Hearing Parents Have Age-Level Vocabulary Growth When Exposed to American Sign Language by 6 Months of Age

Caselli

Pyers

Lieberman

2021

The Journal of Pediatrics

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Objective To examine whether children who are deaf or hard of hearing who have hearing parents can develop age-level vocabulary skills when they have early exposure to a sign language. Study designThis cross-sectional study of vocabulary size included 78 children who are deaf or hard of hearing between 8 and 68 months of age who were learning American Sign Language (ASL) and had hearing parents. Children who were exposed to ASL before 6 months of age or between 6 and 36 months of age were compared with a reference sample of 104 deaf and hard of hearing children who have parents who are deaf and sign.Results Deaf and hard of hearing children with hearing parents who were exposed to ASL in the first 6 months of life had age-expected receptive and expressive vocabulary growth. Children who had a short delay in ASL exposure had relatively smaller expressive but not receptive vocabulary sizes, and made rapid gains.Conclusions Although hearing parents generally learn ASL alongside their children who are deaf, their children can develop age-expected vocabulary skills when exposed to ASL during infancy. Children who are deaf with hearing parents can predictably and consistently develop age-level vocabularies at rates similar to native signers; early vocabulary skills are robust predictors of development across domains.

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Deaf Children of Hearing Parents Have Age-Level Vocabulary Growth When Exposed to American Sign Language by 6 Months of Age

Caselli

Pyers

Lieberman

2021

The Journal of Pediatrics

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“…Most research comparing CI users to children without hearing loss reveals a group difference in favour of the children with typical hearing (e.g., Schorr et al 2008; Geers et al 2009; Boons et al 2013; Lund 2016). A recent, small study by Luckhurst et al (2013) goes against this general trend. Luckhurst et al compared a small group of 9 profoundly deaf children with CIs, ages 3;7 to 6;5, to a group of 42 age-matched, hearing children who were similar for SES, ethnicity, and gender.…”

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“…In recent years, much of the research examining language and speech outcomes attained by children with hearing loss focused on the benefits of cochlear implantation (e.g., Tomblin et al 1999; Geers et al 2003; Nicholas & Geers 2007; Schorr et al 2008; Geers et al 2009; Hayes et al 2009; Inscoe et al 2009; Niparko et al 2010; Boons et al 2012; Boons et al 2013; Luckhurst et al 2013; Lund 2016).…”

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Spoken language and everyday functioning in 5-year-old children using hearing aids or cochlear implants

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Ching

Button

et al. 2017

International Journal of Audiology

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“…A recent meta-analysis evaluated 12 articles and also supported that children with CIs scored significantly lower than their hearing peers in both vocabulary tasks (Lund, 2016). On the contrary, other studies have reported that children with CIs did not perform significantly differently in receptive and expressive vocabulary tasks than their hearing peers (Luckhurst et al, 2013;Wechsler-Kashi et al, 2014).…”

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Meta-Analytic Findings on Reading in Children With Cochlear Implants

Wang

Sibaii

Lee

et al. 2021

The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

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This meta-analysis study aims to quantify the group differences in reading skills between children with cochlear implants and their hearing peers and between children with cochlear implants and children with hearing aids (aged between 3 and 18 years old). Of the 5,642 articles screened, 47 articles met predetermined inclusion criteria (published between 2002 and 2019). The robust variance estimation based meta-analysis models were used to synthesize all the effect sizes. Children with cochlear implants scored significantly lower than their hearing peers in phonological awareness (g = −1.62, p < 0.001), vocabulary (g = −1.50, p < 0.001), decoding (g = −1.24, p < 0.001), and reading comprehension (g = −1.39, p < 0.001), but not for fluency (g = −0.67, p = 0.054). Compared to children with hearing aids, children with cochlear implants scored significantly lower in phonological awareness (g = −0.30, p = 0.028). The percentage of unilateral cochlear implant negatively impacts the group difference between children with cochlear implants and their hearing peers. Findings from this study confirm a positive shift in reading outcomes for profoundly deaf children due to cochlear implantation. Some children with cochlear implants may need additional supports in educational settings.

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Differences in Spoken Lexical Skills: Preschool Children with Cochlear Implants and Children with Typical Hearing

Cited by 12 publications

References 40 publications

Deaf Children of Hearing Parents Have Age-Level Vocabulary Growth When Exposed to American Sign Language by 6 Months of Age

Deaf Children of Hearing Parents Have Age-Level Vocabulary Growth When Exposed to American Sign Language by 6 Months of Age

Spoken language and everyday functioning in 5-year-old children using hearing aids or cochlear implants

Meta-Analytic Findings on Reading in Children With Cochlear Implants

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