Trial reportPediatrics2021
A Technology-Assisted Language Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Trial report in Pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical practice guideline: Interventions for Developmental Language Delay and Disorders.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2024Guideline
- Executive functioning and nonverbal cognitive factors associated with response to technology-assisted language intervention.International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology · 2024Trial
- Digital Technologies for Children With Hearing Impairments to Support Language Learning: Scoping Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2026Review
- 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 · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesChildren who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) often have persistent language delays despite early identification and interventions. The technology-assisted language intervention (TALI), which incorporates augmentative and alternative communication technology into a speech-language therapy model, was designed to support language learning. The study objective was to evaluate the impact of the TALI on spoken language outcomes in DHH children.
methodsChildren aged 3 to 12 years with mild to profound bilateral hearing loss were enrolled in a single-site randomized controlled trial. Children were randomly assigned to receive the TALI or treatment as usual (TAU) (with no change in current care) and were followed for 24 weeks. Primary outcomes included spoken language measures elicited from language samples. Secondary outcomes included standardized assessments. Intention-to-treat analyses were used.
resultsAnalyses focused on 41 children randomly assigned to TALI (
conclusionsProviding visual supports for language concepts that are typically challenging for DHH children to acquire allowed children to process and comprehend spoken language more fully. Such strategies can mitigate persistent language delays with the goal of improving lifelong outcomes and independence across settings.
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