The everyday speech environments of preschoolers with and without cochlear implants.

ABSTRACT: Children who receive cochlear implants develop spoken language on a protracted timescale. The home environment facilitates speech-language development, yet it is relatively unknown how the environment differs between children with cochlear implants and typical hearing. We matched eighteen preschoolers with implants (31-65 months) to two groups of children with typical hearing: by chronological age and hearing age. Each child completed a long-form, naturalistic audio recording of their home environment (appx. 16 hours/child; >730 hours of observation) to measure adult speech input, child vocal productivity, and caregiver-child interaction. Results showed that children with cochlear implants and typical hearing were exposed to and engaged in similar amounts of spoken language with caregivers

SUBMITTER: Cychosz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11327381 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature