1. Psychosocial development of 5-year-old children with hearing loss: Risks and protective factors.
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Wong, Cara L., Ching, Teresa Y., Leigh, Greg, Cupples, Linda, Button, Laura, Marnane, Vivienne, Whitfield, Jessica, Gunnourie, Miriam, and Martin, Louise
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HEARING impaired children , *ANALYSIS of variance , *CHILD development , *COMMUNICATIVE competence , *HEARING aids , *HEARING impaired , *INTELLIGENCE tests , *LANGUAGE acquisition , *LIFE skills , *LONGITUDINAL method , *MULTIVARIATE analysis , *PARENTS , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *REHABILITATION , *RESEARCH funding , *SCALE analysis (Psychology) , *SOCIAL skills , *SPEECH perception in children , *STATISTICS , *DATA analysis , *CHILDREN with disabilities , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *CROSS-sectional method , *SEVERITY of illness index , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CHILDREN , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Objective: The aims of this paper were to report on the global psychosocial functioning of 5-year-old DHH children and examine the risk and protective factors that predict outcomes. Design: A cross-sectional analysis of data collected from a prospective, population-based longitudinal study. Study sample: Parents/caregivers of 356 children completed questionnaires on psychosocial development (CDI, SDQ), functional communication (PEACH) and demographic information. Children completed standardized assessments of non-verbal cognitive ability (WNV) and language (PLS-4). Results: On average, global psychosocial functioning was within the range of typically developing children; however, variability was high and 12% of children had scores that were more than 2 SDs below the norm. Non-verbal cognitive ability, presence of additional disabilities, language and functional communication significantly predicted outcomes. In contrast, type of hearing device, severity of hearing loss and age at intervention did not. Conclusion: The global psychosocial functioning of this cohort of 5-year-old DHH children fell within the range of typically developing children. The findings suggest that spoken language ability and functional communication skills are vital for healthy psychosocial development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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