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Abdullah Genç; Murat Dogan; Osman Çolaklioglu – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2023
Research findings on the prevalence and characteristics of behavioral problems of children with hearing loss (HL) are not consistent. The aim of this study was to compare the behavioral problems of children with HL, with typical development (TD) and with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); and to determine the factors affecting behavioral problems in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Hearing Impairments, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Gustafson, Samantha J.; Davis, Hilary; Hornsby, Benjamin W. Y.; Bess, Fred H. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Purpose: This pilot study examined factors influencing classroom hearing aid use in school-age children with hearing loss. Method: The research team visited classrooms of 38 children with mild-to-moderate hearing loss (Grades 1-7) on 2 typical school days, twice per day, to document hearing aid use. In addition, parents reported the number of…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Hearing Impairments, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
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Walker, Elizabeth A.; Redfern, Alexandra; Oleson, Jacob J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: Children who are hard of hearing (CHH) tend to have reduced vocabularies compared to children with normal hearing (CNH). Prior research on vocabulary skills in children with hearing loss has focused primarily on their breadth of knowledge (how many words are known). Depth of vocabulary knowledge (how well words are known) is not well…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Longitudinal Studies, Vocabulary Development, Standardized Tests
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Domínguez, Ana-Belén; Alegría, Jesús; Carrillo, María-Soledad; González, Virginia – American Annals of the Deaf, 2019
The authors examined the relationship between cochlear implants (CIs) and reading acquisition and attempted to determine the part played by phonological and orthographic resources in this task. Four groups of Spanish-speaking deaf children were examined: children with either early- or late-implanted CIs, and children without CIs who had either…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Hearing Impairments, Reading Skills
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El-Zraigat, Ibrahim A. – International Education Studies, 2013
The main purpose of the present study was to assess special needs for students with hearing impairment. The sample of the study consisted of 231 students enrolled at schools for deaf children in Jordan, 113 males and 118 females. A special needs scale was developed and used in assessing special needs for students. The reliability and validity of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Student Needs, Deafness
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Peterson, Candida C.; Wellman, Henry M. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
We examined deaf and hearing children's progression of steps in theory of mind (ToM) development including their understanding of social pretending. Ninety-three children (33 deaf; 60 hearing) aged 3-13 years were tested on a set of six closely matched ToM tasks. Results showed that deaf children were delayed substantially behind hearing children…
Descriptors: Age, Deafness, Scaling, Task Analysis
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Most, Tova – American Annals of the Deaf, 2006
The study examined school functioning of Israeli Arab children with hearing impairment (HI) who were included in regular education classrooms, in comparison to their classmates with normal hearing (NH). Ninety-three children (60 NH and 33 HI), grades 1-6, participated. Teachers evaluated the children using the Arabic version of the Screening…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Hearing (Physiology), Arabs, Achievement