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Social Skills in Preschool Children with Unilateral and Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss
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Laugen, Nina J.; Jacobsen, Karl H.; Rieffe, Carolien; Wichstrøm, Lars – Deafness & Education International, 2017
Hearing loss may represent a risk for developing social skills difficulties; however, little is known about the potential risk resulting from unilateral or mild bilateral hearing loss (UMHL). We compared the social skills of 14 children with UMHL and 21 children with moderate to severe hearing loss (MSHL) with those of 123 children with typical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Preschool Children, Hearing Impairments
A Pilot Study of Telepractice for Teaching Listening and Spoken Language to Mandarin-Speaking Children with Congenital Hearing Loss
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Chen, Pei-Hua; Liu, Ting-Wei – Deafness & Education International, 2017
Telepractice provides an alternative form of auditory-verbal therapy (eAVT) intervention through videoconferencing; this can be of immense benefit for children with hearing loss, especially those living in rural or remote areas. The effectiveness of eAVT for the language development of Mandarin-speaking preschoolers with hearing loss was…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Hearing Impairments, Mandarin Chinese, Listening
Facilitative Communication Strategies of Hearing Mothers with Their Children Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing
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Ahmad, Aznan Che; Brown, P. Margaret – Deafness & Education International, 2016
This study investigated how the type and duration of early intervention (EI) experience impacts hearing parents' views of the importance of different types of facilitative communication strategies when interacting with their children who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH). Sixteen mothers were involved in the study. Respondents were allocated to…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Mothers, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Communication Interventions for Families of Pre-School Deaf Children in the UK
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Rees, Rachel; Mahon, Merle; Herman, Rosalind; Newton, Caroline; Craig, Gordon; Marriage, Josephine – Deafness & Education International, 2015
UK professionals use a range of intervention approaches to promote communication development in pre-school deaf children by influencing the familys' interaction style. This investigation surveyed the approaches used and explored how these translated into specific practices. An online questionnaire was developed and reviewed by a panel of experts.…
Descriptors: Deafness, Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Parent Child Relationship
Parent and Professional Perspectives on the Western Australian Infant Hearing Screening Program
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Sutherland, Jane; Remine, Maria D.; Brown, P. Margaret – Deafness and Education International, 2008
This study investigated the views of parents, newborn hearing screeners and Telethon Speech and Hearing (TSH) professionals of the Western Australian Infant Screening for Hearing (WISH) Program. Three questionnaires were used to gather information from the participants. Sixteen responses to the questionnaire were obtained (five parents, five…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Screening Tests, Foreign Countries, Testing Programs
Family Functioning, Early Intervention Support, and Spoken Language and Placement Outcomes for Children with Profound Hearing Loss
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Brown, P. Margaret; Bakar, Zaharah Abu; Rickards, Field W.; Griffin, P. – Deafness and Education International, 2006
This study investigated parents' perceptions of their family's functioning and the level of early intervention support they received as they reflected on their involvement at an oral early intervention centre for children with hearing loss. Overall, parents reported high levels of family functioning and satisfaction with the services they had…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Early Intervention, Hearing Impairments, Oral Language