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Decision-Making in Adolescents with Profound Hearing Loss
AbstractPeople with profound hearing loss show differences in language-related cognitive functions that may affect decision-making processes, but few studies have examined their decision-making behavior. The current study used the Iowa Gambling Task and the Game of Dice Task to explore the decision-making characteristics of adolescents with profound hearing loss. In the Iowa Gambling Task, deaf adolescents were more inclined to choose from the deck of infrequent losses with large immediate gains and larger future losses. In the Game of Dice Task, the deaf adolescents showed a preference for high-risk choices with high gain...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - April 4, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Caregiver-Reported Indicators of Communication and Social Functioning for Young Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
AbstractWe elicited caregiver-reported observations of children aged 5 –10 who were deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) that resulted in two age-specific instruments: Caregiver Report of Behaviors and Events (CROBE-DHH 5–7 and 8–10). These new instruments record observations on communication and social behaviors/events. In Study 1, 36 caregivers provided qualitative da ta on important content on what they were able to observe for instrument development and in Study 2, 271 provided data for studying cross-sectional measurement properties. Two modules resulted in 11 items for children age 5–7 and 15 items for children 8–...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - April 4, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Addressing Mental Health Needs for Deaf Patients Through an Integrated Health Care Model
AbstractDeaf individuals struggle with accessing mental health services because of language and cultural discordance. Our project ’s purpose was to design and pilot an accessible, integrated mental health program for the Deaf population, scalable for other health centers interested in serving these individuals. Our team addressed several identified barriers to care. The addition of a language-concordant mental health clinici an and telemental health appointments helped us better manage Deaf patients’ mental health needs. Individual and clinic level data were collected and analyzed. Results demonstrated a significant im...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - March 17, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Cultural Identity of Young Deaf Adults with Cochlear Implants in Comparison to Deaf without Cochlear Implants and Hard-of-Hearing Young Adults
This study examined the relationships between cultural identity, severity of hearing loss (HL), and the use of a cochlear implant (CI). One hundred and forty-one adolescents and young adults divided into three groups (deaf with CI, deaf without CI, and hard-of-hearing (HH)) and 134 parents participated. Adolescents and young adults completed questionnaires on cultural identity (hearing, Deaf, marginal, bicultural-hearing, and bicultural-deaf) and communication proficiencies (hearing, spoken language, and sign language). Parents completed a speech quality questionnaire. Deaf participants without CI and those with CI differe...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - March 17, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

A Systematic Review of Services to DHH Children in Rural and Remote Regions
AbstractChildren in regional, rural and remote areas have less access to services than those living in urban areas. Practitioners serving children with a hearing loss have attempted to address this gap, however there are few studies investigating service access and experiences of non-metropolitan families and professionals. This systematic review evaluates the literature on service provision to children with a hearing loss living in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia. A search of five databases, the gray literature and a prominent author located 37 relevant documents. The journal articles were rated for quality ...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - March 5, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Early Sign Language Experience Goes Along with an Increased Cross-modal Gain for Affective Prosodic Recognition in Congenitally Deaf CI Users
AbstractIt is yet unclear whether congenitally deaf cochlear implant (CD CI) users ’ visual and multisensory emotion perception is influenced by their history in sign language acquisition. We hypothesized that early-signing CD CI users, relative to late-signing CD CI users and hearing, non-signing controls, show better facial expression recognition and rely more on the facial cu es of audio-visual emotional stimuli. Two groups of young adult CD CI users—early signers (ES CI users;n = 11) and late signers (LS CI users;n = 10) —and a group of hearing, non-signing, age-matched controls (n = 12) performed an emotion reco...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - March 5, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Reading Comprehension and Phonics Research: Review of Correlational Analyses with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
AbstractThis manuscript reviews 28 studies of reading research on deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students published since 2000 that used correlational analyses. The examination focused on assessment issues affecting measurement and analysis of relationships between early phonological or orthographic skills and reading comprehension. Mixed outcomes complicate efforts to determine evidence-based practices, and to develop an accurate model of reading. Across the 28 studies, DHH participants represented a wide age range with potential floor and ceiling effects that reduce score variability for valid correlations. Many studies ...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - March 5, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Exploring the Identities of Hearing Parents who Chose Cochlear Implantation for their Children with Hearing Loss
AbstractWe aimed to determine the types of identities hearing parents construct when telling online stories about their children with hearing loss (HL) who use cochlear implants (CIs). To do so, we employed a qualitative design and sampled 20 different blogs United States origins and written by parents of children who use CIs. We then used thematic narrative analysis (Braun& Clarke, 2006; Riessman, C. K. (2008). Narrative methods for the human sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.) to uncover recurring themes from these parents ’ blogs. The themes then allowed us to assign identities to the parents. Four id...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - March 5, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Language and Psychosocial Functioning among Deaf Learners with and without Cochlear Implants
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Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - March 5, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Mothers of Deaf Children in the 21st Century. Dynamic Positioning Between the Medical and Cultural –Linguistic Discourses
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Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - March 5, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Interrogating “DEAF-SAME”: Is this for Real?
Friedner, M. and Kusters, A. (Eds). (2015).It ’s A Small World: International Deaf Spaces and Encounters. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. $70.00, hardback. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education)
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - March 5, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Positive Psychology in Research with the Deaf Community: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
This article addresses the application of positive psychology constructs in the context of deaf communities and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. We argue that utilization of a positive psychology paradigm can broaden and enrich a collective understanding of deaf people, and suggest a different set of research questions. A positive psychology mindset encourages scholars to learn how people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and those within the larger deaf community11, may define and attain “the good life.” (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education)
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - February 8, 2018 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Superordinate Precision: An Examination of Academic Writing Among Bilingual Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
AbstractAcademic English is an essential literacy skill area for success in post-secondary education and in many work environments. Despite its importance, academic English is understudied with deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students. Nascent research in this area suggests that academic English, alongside American Sign Language (ASL) fluency, may play an important role in the reading proficiency of DHH students in middle and high school. The current study expands this research to investigate academic English by examining student proficiency with a sub-skill of academic writing called superordinate precision, the taxonomica...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - December 8, 2017 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Research in Deaf Education: Contexts, Challenges, and Considerations
Cawthon, S. and Gaberoglio, C. L. (Eds.). (2017).Research in Deaf Education: Contexts, Challenges, and Considerations. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Hardcover. $89.95 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education)
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - December 8, 2017 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Speech Intelligibility and Personality Peer-ratings of Young Adults With Cochlear Implants
In this study, college students with typical hearing (TH) used semantic differential scales to rate speech samples of highly-intelligible TH young adults and age-matched CI users with high or low intelligibility (CI-Hi, CI-Lo) on personality traits related to competence (intelligen ce, achievement), friendship skills (friendliness, popularity), and attractiveness as a friend (extraversion, dependability). Judges rated TH positively, CI-Lo negatively, and CI-Hi as intermediate, even though CI-Hi were as intelligible as TH. Both CI user groups were rated as friendly but unattrac tive as friends (insecure, shy, boring, unpopu...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - December 8, 2017 Category: Audiology Source Type: research