ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Frequency of Early Intervention Sessions and Vocabulary Skills in Children with Hearing Loss.
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- Clinical practice guideline: Interventions for Developmental Language Delay and Disorders.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2024Guideline
- Effect of Supplemental Language Therapy on Cortical Neuroplasticity and Language Outcomes in Children with Hearing Loss.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Expressive vocabulary word categories of children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2024Article
- Provider Perspectives: Identification and Follow-up of Infants who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.American journal of perinatology · 2024Article
- Postponement of the Newborn Hearing Screening during the COVID-19 Pandemic; Parental Experiences and Worries.International journal of neonatal screening · 2024Article
- Awake surgery for a deaf patient using sign language: A case report.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Predictors of Early Language Outcomes in Children with Connexin 26 Hearing Loss across Three Countries.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Special Issue "Early Intervention for Hearing Loss in Children: Drafting from Theory to Clinical Practice".Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Diversity of Child and Family Characteristics of Children with Hearing Loss in Family-Centered Early Intervention in The Netherlands.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Understanding the Impact of Child, Intervention, and Family Factors on Developmental Trajectories of Children with Hearing Loss at Preschool Age: Design of the AChild Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with Early Intervention Intensity for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundA primary goal of early intervention is to assist children in achieving age-appropriate language skills. The amount of intervention a child receives is ideally based on his or her individual needs, yet it is unclear if language ability impacts amount of intervention and/or if an increased frequency of intervention sessions results in better outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the frequency of early intervention sessions and vocabulary outcomes in young children with hearing loss.
methodsThis was a longitudinal study of 210 children 9 to 36 months of age with bilateral hearing loss living in 12 different states. Expressive vocabulary skills were evaluated using the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories.
resultsA higher number of intervention sessions reported at the first assessment predicted better vocabulary scores at the second assessment, and more sessions reported at the second assessment predicted better scores at the third assessment. For each increase in the number of sessions reported, there was a corresponding, positive increase in vocabulary quotient. In contrast, children's vocabulary ability at an earlier time point did not predict intervention session frequency at a later point in time.
conclusionsA significant prospective effect was apparent with more therapy sessions resulting in improved vocabulary scores 9 months later. These findings underscore the importance of early intervention. Pediatricians and other health care professionals can help apply these findings by counseling parents regarding the value of frequent and consistent participation in early intervention.
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