The Effect of Language Sample Elicitation Context on Complex Syntax Use and Productivity in Preschool-Age Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Purpose: Speech-language pathologists tailor language sample elicitation methods to the goals of the assessment and the needs of each child. In school-age children, narrative retell and expository contexts elicit more complex language than conversational contexts. However, the impact of elicitation...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 68; no. 10; pp. 4865 - 4878 |
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Lund, Emily Werfel, Krystal affil: Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth su: Language & languages Psychology of children with disabilities Elementary schools Educational tests & measurements Psychology of preschool children Communication devices for people with disabilities Psychological tests Hearing disorder diagnosis Deafness & psychology Cochlear implants Medical protocols Word deafness Grammar Secondary analysis Computer software Data analysis Research funding Hearing aids Audiology Speech-language pathology Descriptive statistics Experimental design English as a foreign language Deafness Statistics Hearing disorders Data analysis software Inter-observer reliability sug: subj: Language & languages Psychology of children with disabilities Elementary schools Educational tests & measurements Psychology of preschool children Communication devices for people with disabilities Psychological tests Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers Computer, computer peripheral and pre-packaged software merchant wholesalers Software publishers (except video game publishers) Computer and software stores Elementary and Secondary Schools Language Schools All Other Health and Personal Care Stores Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing Professional machinery, equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers Hearing disorder diagnosis Deafness & psychology Cochlear implants Medical protocols Word deafness Grammar Secondary analysis Computer software Data analysis Research funding Hearing aids Audiology Speech-language pathology Descriptive statistics Experimental design English as a foreign language Deafness Statistics Hearing disorders Data analysis software Inter-observer reliability ab: Purpose: Speech-language pathologists tailor language sample elicitation methods to the goals of the assessment and the needs of each child. In school-age children, narrative retell and expository contexts elicit more complex language than conversational contexts. However, the impact of elicitation context on younger children has been less examined. This study examined how conversational, expository, and narrative retell contexts influence productivity and complex syntax in preschool-age children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) compared to peers with typical hearing (CTH). Method: This secondary analysis used data from Werfel et al. (2021). Participants were sixty-nine 4-year-old English-speaking children in three groups: DHH, age-matched peers (CTH-Age), and language-matched peers (CTH-Lang). Amplification type varied among participants who were DHH and included cochlear implants, hearing aids, and bone-anchored hearing aids. All participants communicated with spoken English and had limited exposure to sign language. Language samples were collected using Hadley's (1998) protocol, segmented by elicitation context, and analyzed for productivity (number of utterances, mean length of utterance in morphemes [MLUm]) and complex syntax use (proportion of complex syntax attempts). Generalized linear mixed models examined the effects of group and context on performance. Results: All groups produced significantly more utterances in conversational contexts than in expository discourse or narrative retell. After accounting for the proportion of utterances per context, all groups produced utterances with significantly higher MLUm values and significantly more complex syntax attempts in expository discourse than in conversation. A similar, although nonsignificant, trend was observed for narrative retell. Conclusions: Elicitation context influences productivity and complex syntax use in preschool-age children with and without hearing loss. Findings support the inclusion of varied contexts in clinical language sampling to match specific assessment goals, with expository and narrative retell contexts offering valuable opportunities to elicit complex syntax in preschool-age children. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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