Conversation and pragmatics in children who are hard-of-hearing: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Technological and therapeutic advances have allowed many children who are born hard-of-hearing (HoH) to start school with age-appropriate spoken language skills, yet many of these children continue to find everyday conversations challenging. This scoping review maps the evidence related to development of conversation and pragmatic skills in children who are HoH and learning spoken language. The review followed Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework and the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines. Quality appraisal, data extraction, and thematic analysis were used to describe the data. Systematic searches identified 36 articles for inclusion. Sample sizes were small and heterogenous. Most studies focused on school-aged children with severe hearing loss or greater. Methodolog

SUBMITTER: Bongioletti J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11413802 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature