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ArticlePediatrics2020

Pragmatics Development in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: A Call to Action.

Amy Szarkowski, Alys Young, Danielle Matthews, Jareen Meinzen-Derr

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Article in Pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Technology assisted language intervention (TALI) for children who are deaf/hard of hearing: promising impact on pragmatic skills.Deafness & education international : the journal of the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Amy SzarkowskiChildren's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf, Beverly, Massachusetts; amyszarkowski@cccbsd.org.
Alys YoungSocial Research with Deaf People, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Danielle MatthewsDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Jareen Meinzen-DerrDivision of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and.
Boston Children's Hospital · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USUniversity of Manchester · GBUniversity of Sheffield · GB

Funding

Technology-assisted language intervention for children who are deaf/hard-of-hearing (TALI)R01DC018550 · NIDCD · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI MEINZEN-DERR, JAREEN · 2020 to 2024
$3.1M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018550
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although major strides have been made in supporting the linguistic development of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children, a high risk of pragmatic delay persists and often goes unrecognized. Pragmatic development (the growing sensitivity to one's communication partner when producing and comprehending language in context) is fundamental to children's social-cognitive development and to their well-being. We review the reasons why DHH children are vulnerable to pragmatic developmental challenges and the potential to create positive change. In this call to action, we then urge (1) medical providers to recognize the need to monitor for risk of pragmatic difficulty and to refer for timely intervention (beginning in infancy), (2) allied health professionals involved in supporting DHH children to incorporate development of pragmatic abilities into their work and to foster awareness among caregivers, and (3) the research community to deepen our understanding of pragmatics in DHH children with investigations that include pragmatics and with longitudinal studies that chart the paths to positive outcomes while respecting the diversity of this population. By working together, there is substantial potential to make rapid progress in lifting developmental outcomes for DHH children.

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Child LanguageCaregiversChildChild Health ServicesDeafnessHealth Services ResearchHumansLearningPersons with Hearing DisabilitiesSocial InteractionSocial Skills

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PMID33139446
PMCPMC11208078
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