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ArticleAmerican journal of speech-language pathology2025

Conversation Initiation in Families With a Toddler Who Is Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

Mark VanDam, Aleah S Brock, Sandie M Bass-Ringdahl, Lauren Thompson, Elizabeth Wilson-Fowler, David Jenson, Caitlin McCaslin, Kristina T Johnson, Paul De Palma

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Mark VanDamDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA.ORCID 0000-0002-1906-5774
Aleah S BrockDepartment of Counseling, Higher Education, and Speech-Language Pathology, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA.ORCID 0000-0001-9744-7324
Sandie M Bass-RingdahlDepartment of Communication Sciences and Special Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.ORCID 0000-0001-7540-5481
Lauren ThompsonDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA.
Elizabeth Wilson-FowlerDepartment of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Eastern Washington University, Spokane.
David JensonDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA.
Caitlin McCaslinDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA.
Kristina T JohnsonDivision of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, MA.
Paul De PalmaDepartment of Computer Science, School Engineering and Applied Science, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA.

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Outcomes of School-Age Children who are Hard of HearingR01DC009560 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MOELLER, MARY PAT, TOMBLIN, JAMES BRUCE · 2008 to 2017
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NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009560
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Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this work is to describe the conversation initiation rates in families of toddlers who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) as compared to those with typical development.

methodAnalysis of daylong acoustic recordings was used to describe the conversational dynamics in 78 families, comprising 51 families with a DHH toddler (23 boys, 28 girls) and 27 families with a typically developing (TD) toddler (16 boys, 11 girls). Number of conversational initiations was the primary variable of interest to describe conversational dynamics within families.

resultsResults of this study suggest that toddlers' conversation initiation rate does not differ by the sex or the hearing status of the child; however, mothers initiated conversations at a higher rate than fathers in both the DHH and TD groups.

conclusionsExploring conversation initiation provides a window into the broader development of conversational dynamics that may influence the course of language development in children, especially those with or at risk for a communication disorder. Results indicate that there was no difference in conversation initiation rate between families with DHH toddlers and families of TD toddlers, suggesting that this aspect of conversational dynamics is not influenced by pediatric hearing loss.

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Child LanguageCommunicationDeafnessHearing LossPersons with Hearing DisabilitiesVerbal BehaviorChild, PreschoolFathersFemaleHumansInfantLanguage DevelopmentMaleMothers

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PMID40227124
PMCPMC12083768

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