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'We Manage, but Yeah, It's Challenging': A Mixed-Methods Study of Enablers and Barriers to Hearing Assessments for Parents of Children in Metropolitan and Regional Australia
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Jenna Zussino; Barbra Zupan; Robyn Preston – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Early identification and intervention for hearing loss is important for supporting language development. Despite this, parents are required to overcome barriers to access hearing assessments for their children. Aims: To identify the enablers and barriers to accessing hearing assessments for Australian children identified by their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Auditory Evaluation, Language Acquisition
Associations between Responsive Parental Behaviours in Infancy and Toddlerhood, and Language Outcomes at Age 7 Years in a Population-Based Sample
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Levickis, Penny; Eadie, Patricia; Mensah, Fiona; McKean, Cristina; Bavin, Edith L.; Reilly, Sheena – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: A wealth of evidence supports the important role high-quality parent-child interactions play in children's early language acquisition. However, the impact on later language outcomes remains unclear. Aims: To examine the associations between responsive parental behaviours across the early years and child language outcomes at age 7 years…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Language Acquisition, Correlation
Prevalence of Language and Pre-Literacy Difficulties in an Australian Cohort of 5-Year-Old Children Experiencing Adversity
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Smith, Jodie; Levickis, Penny; Neilson, Roslyn; Mensah, Fiona; Goldfeld, Sharon; Bryson, Hannah – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Early reading success is predicated on language and pre-literacy skills. Children who are behind their peers in language and pre-literacy development before formal schooling are less likely to be proficient beginner readers, and difficulties may persist throughout primary school and beyond. We know children experiencing adversity are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Literacy, At Risk Persons
Children with Cochlear Implants in Infancy: Predictors of Early Vocabulary
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Bavin, Edith L.; Sarant, Julia; Leigh, Greg; Prendergast, Luke; Busby, Peter; Peterson, Candida – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Language outcomes for children with cochlear implants (CIs) vary widely, even for those implanted before 2 years of age. Identifying the main influencing factors that account for some of the variability is important in order to provide information to guide appropriate clinical and intervention services for young children with CIs.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Language Skills, Child Development, Infants
Quality of Life in Children with Developmental Language Disorder
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Eadie, Patricia; Conway, Laura; Hallenstein, Birgit; Mensah, Fiona; McKean, Cristina; Reilly, Sheena – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Developmental language disorder (DLD) is common in children, but little is known about its association with quality of life (QoL) in middle childhood. QoL is a complex construct, aligning with an individual's sense of well-being and is related to functional limitations associated with DLD. Biopsychosocial models of disability account…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Child Behavior, Screening Tests
Maternal Responsiveness Predicts Child Language at Ages 3 and 4 in a Community-Based Sample of Slow-to-Talk Toddlers
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Hudson, Sophie; Levickis, Penny; Down, Kate; Nicholls, Ruth; Wake, Melissa – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: Maternal responsiveness has been shown to predict child language outcomes in clinical samples of children with language delay and non-representative samples of typically developing children. An effective and timely measure of maternal responsiveness for use at the population level has not yet been established. Aims: To determine…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments