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Werfel, Krystal L.; Reynolds, Gabriella; Fitton, Lisa – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to compare developmental trajectories of oral language acquisition of children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) and children with typical hearing across the preschool years. Thirty children who are DHH who use amplification and spoken language and 31 children with typical hearing completed an early language and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Deafness
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Lund, Emily; Brock, Nicholas; Werfel, Krystal L. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to consider how living in an area that qualifies for a rural health grant interacts with a child's hearing status to affect early language and literacy development. Four-year-old children with hearing aids (n = 45), cochlear implants (n = 47), and with typical hearing (n = 66) completed measures of spoken language…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Language Acquisition
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Reynolds, Gabriella; Werfel, Krystal L. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2020
Home literacy practices reported by parents of preschool children with hearing loss were compared to those reported by parents of their peers with typical hearing. Parents completed a questionnaire from Boudreau, D. (2005. Use of a parent questionnaire in emergent and early literacy assessment of preschool children. Language, Speech, and Hearing…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Emergent Literacy, Language Skills, Hearing Impairments