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Children's Consonant Inventories after Extended Cochlear Implant Use.
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Chin, Steven B. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
This paper presents qualitative descriptions of the consonant inventories of 12 children who have used cochlear implants for at least five years, as well as descriptions of sound correspondences between children's systems and the ambient language (English). Qualitative differences were found between the inventories of oral communication users and…
Descriptors: Children, Cochlear Implants, Consonants, Hearing Impairments
Speech, Vocabulary, and the Education of Children Using Cochlear Implants: Oral or Total Communication?.
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Connor, Carol McDonald; Hieber, Sara; Arts, H. Alexander; Zwolan, Teresa A. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
This study examined the relationship between the teaching method, oral or total communication, used at children's schools and children's consonant-production accuracy and vocabulary development over time. The children (N=147) had used cochlear implants for between 6 months and 10 years. Results indicated a complex relationship among children's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cochlear Implants, Deafness
The Pragmatic Skills of Profoundly Deaf Children.
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Jeanes, R. C.; Nienhuys, T. G. W. M.; Rickards, F. W. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2000
This study investigated the ability of two groups of profoundly deaf students (N=40 and ages 8, 11, 14, and 17), using either oral or signed communication, to employ pragmatic skills required for effective face-to-face interactions. Notable differences in pragmatic skills were found between the groups and between deaf and normal hearing students.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Communication Skills