Learning to Read for Spanish-Speaking Deaf Children With and Without Cochlear Implants: The Role of Phonological and Orthographic Representation

2019 ◽  
Vol 164 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-72
Author(s):  
Ana-Belén Domínguez ◽  
Jesús Alegría ◽  
María-Soledad Carrillo ◽  
Virginia González
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Orthographic Representation ◽  
Learning To Read ◽  
Spanish Speaking

scholarly journals The Role of Multiple Articulatory Channels of Sign-Supported Speech Revealed by Visual Processing

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 1625-1656
Author(s):  
Eliana Mastrantuono ◽  
Michele Burigo ◽  
Isabel R. Rodríguez-Ortiz ◽  
David Saldaña
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Deaf Students ◽  
The Gaze ◽  
Overt Attention ◽  
Face Area ◽  
The Face ◽  
Contingent Condition

Purpose The use of sign-supported speech (SSS) in the education of deaf students has been recently discussed in relation to its usefulness with deaf children using cochlear implants. To clarify the benefits of SSS for comprehension, 2 eye-tracking experiments aimed to detect the extent to which signs are actively processed in this mode of communication. Method Participants were 36 deaf adolescents, including cochlear implant users and native deaf signers. Experiment 1 attempted to shift observers' foveal attention to the linguistic source in SSS from which most information is extracted, lip movements or signs, by magnifying the face area, thus modifying lip movements perceptual accessibility (magnified condition), and by constraining the visual field to either the face or the sign through a moving window paradigm (gaze contingent condition). Experiment 2 aimed to explore the reliance on signs in SSS by occasionally producing a mismatch between sign and speech. Participants were required to concentrate upon the orally transmitted message. Results In Experiment 1, analyses revealed a greater number of fixations toward the signs and a reduction in accuracy in the gaze contingent condition across all participants. Fixations toward signs were also increased in the magnified condition. In Experiment 2, results indicated less accuracy in the mismatching condition across all participants. Participants looked more at the sign when it was inconsistent with speech. Conclusions All participants, even those with residual hearing, rely on signs when attending SSS, either peripherally or through overt attention, depending on the perceptual conditions. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.8121191

Verbal Cognition in Deaf Children Using Cochlear Implants: Effect of Unilateral and Bilateral Stimulation

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo De Raeve ◽  
Anneke Vermeulen ◽  
Ad Snik
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Bilateral Stimulation ◽  
Learning Potential ◽  
Auditory Speech ◽  
Device Use ◽  
Verbal Cognition

The aim of this study is to assess the role of bilateral/bimodal device use in auditory speech perception in complex listening situations and long-term verbal cognition in deaf children using cochlear implants (CIs). Two groups of children are compared (unilateral and bilateral device users) concerning vocabulary, speech perception at conversational level and in complex listening situations, and verbal cognition. In this retrospective study, we collected data of 37 deaf children with normal learning potential of whom 16 were unilateral CI users and 21 were bilateral device users (9 with a bimodal fitting and 12 with bilateral CIs). We came to the conclusion that deaf children who use bilateral devices have the opportunity to develop good speech perception skills in complex listening conditions. These abilities enable at least some of the children to develop age-equivalent verbal cognition skills.

Dialogic Teaching and Translanguaging in Deaf Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Swanwick
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Deaf Education ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Language Context ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

This chapter proposes a pedagogical framework for deaf education that builds on a sociocultural perspective and the role of interaction in learning. Pedagogical principles are argued that recognize the dialogic nature of learning and teaching and the role of language as “the tool of all tools” in this process. Building on established work on classroom talk in deaf education, the issues of dialogue in deaf education are extended to consider deaf children’s current learning contexts and their diverse and plural use of sign and spoken languages. Within this broad language context, the languaging and translanguaging practices of learners and teachers are explained as central to a pedagogical framework that is responsive to the diverse learning needs of deaf children. Within this pedagogical framework practical teaching strategies are suggested that draw on successful approaches in the wider field of language learning and take into account the particular learning experience and contexts of deaf children.

Why Are Children with Cochlear Implants at Risk for Executive Functioning Delays?

2020 ◽  
pp. 247-267
Author(s):  
William G. Kronenberger ◽  
David B. Pisoni
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Fluid Intelligence ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Model Research ◽  
Psychosocial Influences ◽  
Auditory Experience

Prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants (CIs) have about 2 to 5 times more risk for delays in specific domains of executive functioning (EF) than normal-hearing (NH) children, with about 25% to 40% of children with CIs showing delays in specific EF subdomains. This chapter reviews the rationale and evidence for two theoretical approaches to explaining this elevated risk for EF delay: language-focused approaches and biopsychosocial systems theories, such as the auditory neurocognitive model. Research supporting language-focused approaches, which attribute risk of EF delays entirely to language delays, has significant limitations. Furthermore, results from an extensive data set of EF outcomes in CI users are inconsistent with language-focused approaches. In contrast, biopsychosocial systems theories, which attribute risk for EF delay to a system of factors, including auditory experience, language, family environment/experiences, fluid intelligence, and psychosocial influences, provide the strongest evidence and potential for explaining EF delays and outcomes in children with CIs.

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