Maternal Interactions With a Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Twin: Similarities and Differences in Speech Input, Interaction Quality, and Word Production
- The Effect of Vocal Training on the Intonation and Rate of Hearing Impaired Children's Speech: A Pilot Study. Darrow, Alice-Ann; Starmer, Gwen Jones // Journal of Music Therapy;Winter1986, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p194
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of vocal training on the fundamental frequency, frequency range, and speech rate (syllables per second) of hearing impaired children's speech. Twenty-two hearing impaired children from a state school for the deaf served as subjects....
- Sensory aid use and the development of communicative function. Nicholas, Johanna Grant // Volta Review;Nov94, Vol. 96 Issue 5, p181
Analyzes the conversational language abilities of deaf children with sensory aids through communicative functions. Comparison of abilities between children using cochlear implants, tactile aids and conventional hearing aids; Performance of children using cochlear implant under the age of four years.
- The relationship of language and symbolic play in children with hearing loss. Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine; Snyder, Lynn S.; Day, Diane // Volta Review;Summer98, Vol. 100 Issue 3, p135
Examines the relationship between symbolic play and language development in a sample of children ages between eight months and 36 months who are deaf and hard of hearing. Aspects of symbolic play behavior that are highly related to language development; Usefulness of the Play Assessment...
- Expressive Vocabulary Development of Infants and Toddlers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Mayne, Alison M. // Volta Review;Nov98, Vol. 100 Issue 5, p1
Explores the relationship between demographic variables and expressive vocabulary development among deaf or hard of hearing children in Colorado. Predictors of expressive vocabulary scores of deaf children; Use of MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory to assess expressive vocabulary...
- Receptive Vocabulary Development of Infants and Toddlers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Mayne, Alison M. // Volta Review;Nov98, Vol. 100 Issue 5, p29
Examines receptive vocabulary development among deaf or hard of hearing infants and toddlers Colorado. Discussion on language development of children with normal hearing; Predictors of expressive language development; Factors influencing the development of receptive language skills.
- Further Support for the Benefits of Early Identification and Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss. Calderon, Rosemary // Volta Review;Nov98, Vol. 100 Issue 5, p53
Investigates short- and long-term outcomes of early identification and intervention for children with hearing loss in the United States. Evaluation of speech, language and auditory skills at the time of exit from the intervention program; Benefits of early intervention for child development;...
- Can Speech Development at 36 Months in Children with Hearing Loss Be Predicted from Information Available in the Second Year of Life? Obenchain, Patrick // Volta Review;Nov98, Vol. 100 Issue 5, p149
Examines the predictability of speech development at thirty-six months in children with hearing loss in Colorado. Account on developmental characteristics apparent in the second year of life in children; Articulation of children with mild to moderate hearing loss; Factors influencing speech...
- Early Speech Development in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Interrelationships with Language and Hearing. Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine // Volta Review;Nov98, Vol. 100 Issue 5, p181
Investigates the relationship of speech production and demographic and developmental factors on deaf or hard of hearing children in the United States. Predictors of speech intelligibility and phonetic inventory; Speech characteristics of hearing impaired children; Early speech production among...
- Development of Audition and Speech: Implications for Early Intervention with Infants Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine // Volta Review;Nov98, Vol. 100 Issue 5, p213
Reports auditory and speech development of normal hearing and deaf or hard of hearing infants in the United States. Methods of assessing hearing in infants; Role of the parent-infant facilitator in the first six months of infancy; Evidence of auditory learning prior to birth.