The Contribution of Parent Lexical Diversity and Grammatical Complexity to Later Language Outcomes in Mandarin-Speaking Children With Cochlear Implants.

Purpose: The study examined the relative contribution of parent lexical diversity and grammatical complexity at different time points to subsequent language outcomes in Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs). Method: Participants were 25 Mandarin-speaking children who received cochl...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 69; no. 5; pp. 2365 - 2379
Autores principales: Luo, Jianfen, Xu, Lei, Wang, Min, Li, Jinming, Spencer, Linda, Liu, Huei-Mei, Guo, Ling-Yu
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Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association May2026
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          Luo, Jianfen
          Xu, Lei
          Wang, Min
          Li, Jinming
          Spencer, Linda
          Liu, Huei-Mei
          Guo, Ling-Yu
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          Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
          Department of Auditory Implantation, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, Jinan, China.
          Department of Communication Disorders, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.
          Department of Special Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
          Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences/Social Emotional Education and Development Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
          Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo, NY.
          Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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        China
        Parents
        Children with disabilities
        Linguistics
        Language acquisition
        Cultural pluralism
        Hard of hearing people
        Children
        Cochlear implants
        Repeated measures design
        Pearson correlation (Statistics)
        Statistical power analysis
        Grammar
        Research funding
        Phonological awareness
        Descriptive statistics
        Longitudinal method
        One-way analysis of variance
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          Parents
          Children with disabilities
          Linguistics
          Language acquisition
          Cultural pluralism
          Hard of hearing people
          Children
          China
          Cochlear implants
          Repeated measures design
          Pearson correlation (Statistics)
          Statistical power analysis
          Grammar
          Research funding
          Phonological awareness
          Descriptive statistics
          Longitudinal method
          One-way analysis of variance
          Time
      ab: Purpose: The study examined the relative contribution of parent lexical diversity and grammatical complexity at different time points to subsequent language outcomes in Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs). Method: Participants were 25 Mandarin-speaking children who received cochlear implantation before 30 months of age. At 1 and 2 years after CI activation, we collected language samples that involved the child playing with the parent for 30 min. The parent's number of different words (NDW) and mean length of utterance (MLU) were computed from the free play for each time point. At 3 years after CI activation, we evaluated children's receptive and expressive language outcomes using a standardized language test. Results: Parent NDW and MLU at 1 and 2 years post-CI activation were significantly correlated with children's language scores at 3 years post-CI activation, except that parent MLU at 1 year was not significantly correlated with children's expressive language scores. Regression analyses further revealed that, at 1 year post-CI activation, parent NDW was stronger than parent MLU in accounting for both children's receptive and expressive language scores at 3 years post-CI activation. At 2 years post-CI activation, parent NDW was relatively more important for children's subsequent receptive language scores, whereas parent MLU at 2 years post-CI activation was relatively more important for children's subsequent expressive language s cores. Conclusions: The relative contributions of parent lexical diversity (NDW) and grammatical complexity (MLU) to later language outcomes in Mandarin-speaking children with CIs evolved over time, particularly for expressive language. The emphasis on lexical diversity and grammatical complexity in parental input should change with the child's developmental level.
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