ERIC Number: EJ1240106
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jan
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-1461
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Performance of Children with Hearing Loss on an Audiovisual Version of a Nonword Repetition Task
Al-Salim, Sarah; Moeller, Mary Pat; McGregor, Karla K.
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, v51 n1 p42-54 Jan 2020
Purpose: The aims of this study were to (a) determine if a high-quality adaptation of an audiovisual nonword repetition task can be completed by children with wide-ranging hearing abilities and to (b) examine whether performance on that task is sensitive to child demographics, hearing status, language, working memory, and executive function abilities. Method: An audiovisual version of a nonword repetition task was adapted and administered to 100 school-aged children grouped by hearing status: 35 with normal hearing, 22 with mild bilateral hearing loss, 17 with unilateral hearing loss, and 26 cochlear implant users. Participants also completed measures of vocabulary, working memory, and executive function. A generalized linear mixed-effects model was used to analyze performance on the nonword repetition task. Results: All children were able to complete the nonword repetition task. Children with unilateral hearing loss and children with cochlear implants repeated nonwords with less accuracy than normal-hearing peers. After adjusting for the influence of vocabulary and working memory, main effects were found for syllable length and hearing status, but no interaction effect was observed. Conclusions: The audiovisual nonword repetition task captured individual differences in the performance of children with wide-ranging hearing abilities. The task could act as a useful tool to aid in identifying children with unilateral or mild bilateral hearing loss who have language impairments beyond those imposed by the hearing loss.
Descriptors: Children, Hearing Impairments, Repetition, Performance, Language Skills, Short Term Memory, Executive Function, Severity (of Disability), Assistive Technology, Vocabulary, Accuracy, Audiovisual Communications
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