Maternal Communicative Style with Children with Hearing Impairment--An Old Question Revisited

Autor/inn/en	Bhat, Rashmi J.; Nagaraja, M. N.
Titel	Maternal Communicative Style with Children with Hearing Impairment--An Old Question Revisited
Quelle	In: Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 38 (2012) 2, S.17-25 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0379-0037
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Hearing Impairments; Role; Communication Skills; Incidental Learning; Video Technology; Coding; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Interpersonal Communication; Comparative Analysis; Behaviorism; Interaction; Language Acquisition; Young Children; Nonverbal Communication; Communicative Competence (Languages); Foreign Countries; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Rollen; Kommunikationsstil; Inzidentelles Lernen; Codierung; Programmierung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Behaviourism; Behaviorismus; Interaktion; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Frühe Kindheit; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Ausland; Indien
Abstract	Infants from birth itself are in constant interaction with their mothers and the environment. Thus the maternal styles of communication would play an important role in developing communicative competency in children. This process happens so naturally and incidentally that no one pays special attention to it. However, when a hearing impairment is present, the opportunity to learn incidentally is diminished and parents tend to adopt a different style while interacting which could lead to outputs from the children which may not be appropriate. The present study is aimed at investigating and describing the maternal communicative styles in 20 mother-child dyads in a natural setting. Subjects were divided into 2 communicative dyads. Ten children with hearing impairment interacting with normal hearing mother comprised Dyad A. Dyad B consisted of ten age matched children and their mothers, both having normal hearing status. Various inclusion criteria were used. Interactions of the dyads A and B were video recorded for duration of 20 minutes while in natural conversation. The samples were later viewed by 2 experienced judges simultaneously who coded for the presence of certain behaviour only when there was mutual agreement on the same. A descriptive analysis has been carried out and the frequency of occurrence of maternal behaviours (of the first 50 utterances only) has been tabulated as well as depicted through a bar diagram. It was concluded, that mothers need to be sensitized towards the communication needs of children with hearing impairment. Being aware of the kind of utterances that would support and enhance communication will help the mothers to modify their styles and help the child with hearing impairment achieve socially acceptable communicative patterns. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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