Predictors of Vocabulary Outcomes in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing from Spanish-Speaking Families

Autor/inn/en	de Diego-Lázaro, Beatriz; Restrepo, María Adelaida; Sedey, Allison Lee; Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine
Titel	Predictors of Vocabulary Outcomes in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing from Spanish-Speaking Families
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 50 (2019) 1, S.113-125 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
Schlagwörter	Predictor Variables; Expressive Language; Spanish Speaking; Vocabulary Development; Deafness; Hearing Impairments; Case Studies; Intervention; Partial Hearing; Language Skills; Measures (Individuals); Outcomes of Treatment; Interference (Learning); Infants; Toddlers; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prädiktor; Wortschatzarbeit; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Messdaten; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants
Abstract	Purpose: The goal of this study was to identify predictors of expressive vocabulary in young Spanish-speaking children who are deaf or hard of hearing living in the United States. Method: This cross-sectional study considered 53 children with bilateral hearing loss between 8 and 34 months of age ( M = 24, SD = 6.9). Demographic variables, variables related to the hearing loss, and intervention variables were included in a hierarchical regression analysis to predict expressive vocabulary quotients from the MacArthur Inventario del Desarrollo de Habilidades Comunicativas (Communicative Development Inventories; Jackson-Maldonado et al., 2003). Results: Chronological age, degree of hearing loss, functional hearing ability ratings, age of enrollment in early intervention, and the interaction between chronological age and age of intervention accounted for 61.5% of the vocabulary variance. Children who received intervention by 6 months of age achieved significantly higher vocabulary outcomes than children who started intervention later. Conclusion: The children's mean vocabulary outcomes were below average when compared with hearing peers. This was especially true for older children, children with moderately-severe-to-profound hearing loss, and children who began intervention after 6 months of age. This delay in vocabulary outcomes has the potential to interfere with future reading and academic outcomes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 2200 Research Blvd #250, Rockville, MD 20850. Tel: 301-296-5700; Fax: 301-296-8580; e-mail: lshss@asha.org; Web site: http://lshss.pubs.asha.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01