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Practitioners ’ Self-Assessment of Family-Centered Practice in Telepractice Versus In-Person Early Intervention
This study compared the self-assessed use of family-centered practices by a group of practitione rs delivering FCEI through telepractice with that of a similar group delivering FCEI in-person. A sample of 38 practitioners (15 telepractice and 23 in-person) from two early intervention programs for children who are DHH completed a self-assessment tool: the Measures of Processes of Care for Servic e Providers. Results indicated that there were no significant differences between telepractice and in-person sessions with regard to practitioners’ self-assessment of their use of family-centered practices. (Source: Journal of Dea...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - October 2, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Does Cochlear Implantation Affect Openness-to-Experience in Profound Postlingual Hearing Loss?
This study investigated whether cochlear implantation in postlingually deafened adults raises the level of Openness to experience. Fifty-five postlingually deafened adults (mean age: 63  years) were assessed with the Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness-Five-Factor-Inventory (NEO-FFI), a questionnaire capturing the five personality factors Extraversion, Openness to experience, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Personality assessment occurred before cochlear implantat ion and 24 months after implant activation. On factors Extraversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness the mean scores of the ...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - October 2, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Bullying and Cyberbullying among Students with Cochlear Implants
AbstractBullying is a significant problem for young people nowadays, regardless of their identity, culture, or background. Although the scientific evidence warns of a greater impact of bullying on vulnerable groups such as cochlear implant (CI) users, few specific studies have been carried out in this regard. As such, the fundamental objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of both traditional bullying and cyberbullying among Spanish adolescents and young people with CI. Parents with children CI users were also invited to participate to explore their perspective concerning the victimization of their children....
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - September 26, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

A Positive Relationship Between Sign Language Comprehension and Mental Rotation Abilities
AbstractPast work investigating spatial cognition suggests better mental rotation abilities for those who are fluent in a signed language. However, no prior work has assessed whether fluency is needed to achieve this performance benefit or what it may look like on the neurobiological level. We conducted an electroencephalography experiment and assessed accuracy on a classic mental rotation task given to deaf fluent signers, hearing fluent signers, hearing non-fluent signers, and hearing non-signers. Two of the main findings of the study are as follows: (1) Sign language comprehension and mental rotation abilities are posit...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - September 26, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

A Multilinguistic Spelling Analysis of Children who are Hard of Hearing
AbstractSpelling in writing samples was compared between children who are hard of hearing (HH) (n = 142) and their peers with typical hearing (TH) (n = 72) in second and fourth grade. The same analyses were then conducted comparing groups of children who are HH with different levels of aided audibility. Compared to children with TH, children who are HH produced fewer misspelled words (p = .041,d = .42) at second grade but performed similarly in fourth grade (p = .943,d = .02). Compared to peers with TH, children who are HH demonstrated similar distributions of errors in roots but some differences in the ...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - September 18, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Intervention Outcomes, Anxiety, Self-Esteem, and Self-Efficacy With DHH Students in Universities
This article reports the impact of an online spiritual counseling (OSC) program in mitigating anxiety and building self-esteem and academic self-efficacy among deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students in universities. Compared to online relaxation sessions, the OSC was more effective. Male DHH students and those whose parents were highly qualified exhibited less anxiety and higher self-esteem and self-efficacy at pretest (T1). Post-test (T2) male students having better educated parents responded better to the OSC. T2 anxiety was lower and self-esteem and academic self-efficacy was higher for liberal arts students and having...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - September 10, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Reading Fluency in Young Elementary School Age Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
This report presents an in-depth look at the reading fluency of the participants measured along multiple dimensions. In general, 43% of the participants were unable to read fluently and an additional 23% were unable to read fluently at grade level. Rate and accuracy, rate of growth, miscue analysis, and self-corrections differed by communication modality. Most notably, children demonstrated limited strategies for self-correction during reading fluency tasks. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education)
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - September 9, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Professionals ’ Perspectives on Supporting Deaf Multilingual Learners and Their Families
AbstractParents frequently report that advice from professionals is important in making decisions about how their child with hearing loss will communicate. Little is currently known about how professionals support parents raising children with hearing loss in spoken language multilingual environments, children who are described as d/Deaf multilingual learners (DMLs). The purpose of this phenomenological study was to gain insight into professionals ’ perspectives and experiences working with such families, particularly in relation to supporting parents in decision-making about multilingualism and language choice. Nineteen...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - August 26, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Goodnight Gorilla: Deaf Student American Sign Language Narrative Renditions After Viewing a Model
AbstractThe present study used an observational learning framework to investigate changes in non-native signing deaf children ’s narrative renditions before (Time 1) and after (Time 2) a single viewing of a signing adult’s rendition of the same story. The deaf adult model rendered the picture bookGoodnight Gorilla in American Sign Language (ASL) with the pages of the book displayed behind her. We analyzed the details children aged 6 –13 years included within their narratives and how they rendered those details. Specifically, we compared their use of depicting constructions (DCs), constructed action (CA), simultaneou...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - August 18, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Family-Centered Care in the Transition to Early Hearing Intervention
This study aimed to explore and compare families ’ and professionals’ perspectives on the implementation of family-centered care (FCC) (Moeller, Carr, Seaver, Stredler-Brown,& Holzinger, 2013) during the period between diagnosis of hearing loss (HL) and enrollment in early intervention (EI). A convergent mixed-methods study incorporating self-report questionnaires and semistructured in-depth interviews was used. Seventeen family members of children with HL and the 11 professionals who support these families participated in this study. The results suggested that the services engaged during the transition period part...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - August 12, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

The Evidence-Based Sexual Abuse Prevention Program: Strong With Sam
AbstractThe present study was initiated to design and evaluate a sexual abuse prevention program for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children. This evidence-based prevention program is the first of its kind for DHH children. A total of 92 DHH children aged 8 –12 years participated in the program “STARK mit SAM” (Strong with Sam, SmS), a program conducted in primary schools for DHH children in Germany. The program evaluation consisted of a pretest−posttest design. As per class, the subjects were assigned to either the experimental or the wait li st control group. Participants from both groups were pretested for thei...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - July 22, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Systematic Review of Curriculum-Based Measurement with Students Who Are Deaf
AbstractThis review systematically identified and compared the technical adequacy (reliability and validity evidence) of reading curriculum-based measurement (CBM) tasks administered to students who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH). This review included all available literature written in English. The nine studies identified used four CBM tasks: signed reading fluency, silent reading fluency, cloze (write in missing words given blank lines within a passage), and maze (circle the target word given multiple choice options within a passage). Data obtained from these measures were generally found to be internally consistent ...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - July 22, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Corrigendum to: Development of the Hong Kong Sign Language Sentence Repetition Test
In the above article, the project ID of the Hong Kong Research Grant Council's General Research Fund project entitled Impact of Sign Language Learning on the Linguistic, Cognitive and Fine-Motor Development of Hearing and Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Children in Hong Kong funding was given as (Project I.D.: 2110329) rather than (Project I.D.: 14621818). This has been corrected online. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education)
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - July 21, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

Language Environments and Spoken Language Development of Children With Hearing Loss
This study examined the relationships between adult language input and child language production in regard to the quantity and diversity of spoken language, as well as children ’s knowledge of basic concepts and vocabulary. The quantity and diversity of language provided by teachers and parents were related to children’s language output and knowledge. Language ENvironment Analysis technology audio-recorded the language environments of 26 preschool children with hearing loss over 2 days. The language samples were analyzed for quantity (adult word count, child vocalization count, and conversational turn count) and divers...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - July 17, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research

A Video is Worth a Thousand Words
Daniels and Bharadwaj ’s compilation of information and rehabilitation resources offered in this textbook provides a wealth of knowledge for anyone working with people with hearing loss and their families. This is a well-designed textbook with a focus on serving individuals using listening and spoken language (LSL). Th e text’s emphasis on interprofessional practice for audiologists, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and teachers of the deaf (TOD) is integrated into each chapter. Methods discussed reflect current best practice in hearing health, speech and hearing services and deaf education. The authors clear ly dem...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - July 9, 2020 Category: Audiology Source Type: research