Despite the proven effectiveness of cochlear implant (CI) in the hearing restoration of deaf or
hard-of-hearing (DHH) children, to date, extreme variability in verbal working memory …

Objectives The aim of this study was to report on the educational placement, quality of life
and speech reception changes in a prospectively recruited group of children after they …

Children with hearing loss often attend inclusive preschool classrooms aimed at improving
their spoken language skills. Although preschool classrooms are fertile environments for …

Purpose: We sought to compare raw scores, standard scores, and age equivalences on two
commonly used vocabulary tests, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and the …

Over half of US children are enrolled in preschools, where the quantity and quality of
language input from teachers are likely to affect children's language development …

Purpose: Cochlear implants (CIs) provide significant benefits for profoundly deaf children in
their language and cognitive development. However, it remains unclear whether Mandarin …

Compared with the large number of studies on reading of children with hearing loss (HL) in
alphabetic languages, there are only a very limited number of studies on reading of Chinese …

Purpose Although children with hearing loss (HL) can benefit from cochlear implants (CIs)
and hearing aids (HAs), they often show language delays. Moreover, little is known about …

This study aimed to explore the literacy interactions of deaf and hearing parents with their
preschool children in Saudi Arabia. The participants were three sets of parents (six …

Background Children with cochlear implants (CIs) often lag behind children with normal
hearing (NH) in early literacy skills. Furthermore, the development of language skills …