19th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 8-10, 2020 • Kansas City, MO
Communication Development in Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Through Misunderstandings in Parent Interactions
Communication breakdowns occur often in the general population. According to Dingemanse et al. (2015) in a study done on 12 different families of eight different languages, communication breakdowns occur every 1.4 minutes. With that in mind knowing that children who are deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) have language, speech and communication delays, misunderstandings happen more often in this population. Parent-child interactions are the most common therefore it allows for multiple opportunities for parents to promote communication development through misunderstandings. A parent survey was conducted with families from Heuser Hearing Language Academy, bilingual families who work with Sarah Radlinski (M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT), and Spanish-speaking families who work with Juliana Gebhardt (SLP, Teacher of the deaf, Candidate for AVT Cert.). A total of 18 parents responded on how they handle situations when a misunderstanding occurs due to their child’s lack of language skills. The survey was used to review how parents can promote communication development through these episodes of communication breakdowns and attempts to repair by the child. Due to there not being enough research on the D/HH population itself, additional research on other populations was examined to hypothesize ways to enhance communication development through misunderstandings. Lastly, this poster will examine how professionals can help parents develop techniques and specific listening and spoken language strategies to continue the development of spoken language for children who are D/HH, and how to continue to grow in their communication skills and competence.
Reference
Dingemanse, M., Roberts, S. G., Baranova, J., Blythe, J., Drew, P., Floyd, S., … Enfield, N. J. (2015). Universal principles in the repair of communication problems. PLoS ONE, 10(9), 1–15.
- To review how parents' interactions with their children who are deaf and hard of hearing can promote communication development through misunderstandings.
- To assess the research behind communication breakdowns and repairs in order to apply it to how to develop hypothesized strategies to develop communication in children who are deaf and hard of hearing.
- To view how professionals can aid in developing positive communication interactions when misunderstandings happen in order to allow the child who is deaf and hard of hearing to continue to develop listening and spoken language skills.
Poster:
21060_12909LauraAzahar.pdf
Presenter: Laura Azahar
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.