TY - JOUR
T1 - Language development and everyday functioning of children with hearing loss assessed at 3 years of age
AU - Ching, Teresa Y C
AU - Crowe, Kathryn
AU - Martin, Vivienne
AU - Day, Julia
AU - Mahler, Nicole
AU - Youn, Samantha
AU - Street, Laura
AU - Cook, Cassandra
AU - Orsini, Julia
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - This paper reports language ability and everyday functioning of 133 children with hearing impairment who were evaluated at 3 years of age, as part of the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment (LOCHI) study. The language abilities of children were evaluated using the Preschool Language Scale (PLS-4), Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology (DEAP) and Child Development Inventory (CDI). Everyday functioning of children was evaluated by interviewing parents using the Parents' Evaluation of Aural/oral performance of Children (PEACH) questionnaire. There were significant correlations among language measures, and also between the standardized language measures and the PEACH. On average, children who had language deficits exhibited difficulties in everyday functioning. The evidence lends support to a systematic use of parents' observations to evaluate communicative functioning of children in real life. On average, children's language attainment decreased as hearing loss increased, more so for children of less highly educated parents. Factors that were not significantly associated with speech and language outcomes at 3 years were age of amplification and socioeconomic status. As multiple factors affect children's outcomes, it will be possible to examine their effects on outcomes of children when all data in the LOCHI study are available.
AB - This paper reports language ability and everyday functioning of 133 children with hearing impairment who were evaluated at 3 years of age, as part of the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment (LOCHI) study. The language abilities of children were evaluated using the Preschool Language Scale (PLS-4), Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology (DEAP) and Child Development Inventory (CDI). Everyday functioning of children was evaluated by interviewing parents using the Parents' Evaluation of Aural/oral performance of Children (PEACH) questionnaire. There were significant correlations among language measures, and also between the standardized language measures and the PEACH. On average, children who had language deficits exhibited difficulties in everyday functioning. The evidence lends support to a systematic use of parents' observations to evaluate communicative functioning of children in real life. On average, children's language attainment decreased as hearing loss increased, more so for children of less highly educated parents. Factors that were not significantly associated with speech and language outcomes at 3 years were age of amplification and socioeconomic status. As multiple factors affect children's outcomes, it will be possible to examine their effects on outcomes of children when all data in the LOCHI study are available.
KW - Children
KW - Hearing impairment
KW - Language development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77649102835&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/17549500903577022
DO - 10.3109/17549500903577022
M3 - Article
C2 - 20420353
AN - SCOPUS:77649102835
SN - 1754-9515
VL - 12
SP - 124
EP - 131
JO - International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
JF - International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
IS - 2
ER -