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Li, Fangfang; Bunta, Ferenc; Tomblin, J. Bruce – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study investigates the production of voiceless alveolar and postalveolar fricatives and affricates by bilingual and monolingual children with hearing loss who use cochlear implants (CIs) and their peers with normal hearing (NH). Method: Fifty-four children participated in our study, including 12 Spanish-English bilingual CI users (M…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Young Children, Spanish, English
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Wood, Carla; Diehm, Emily A.; Callender, Maya F. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2016
Purpose: The current study was designed to (a) describe average hourly Language Environment Analysis (LENA) data for preschool-age Spanish--English bilinguals (SEBs) and typically developing monolingual peers and (b) compare LENA data with mean length of utterance in words (MLUw) and total number of words (TNW) calculated on a selected sample of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Bilingual Students, Spanish Speaking, English
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von Hapsburg, Deborah; Davis, Barbara L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: Vocalization development has not been studied thoroughly in infants with early-identified hearing loss who receive hearing aids in the 1st year of life. This study sought to evaluate the relationship between auditory sensitivity and prelinguistic vocalization patterns in infants during the babbling stage. Method: Spontaneous…
Descriptors: Infants, Syllables, Hearing (Physiology), Language Acquisition