Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of linguistic input support to a prelingually deaf child with cued speech: A case study.

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This paper studies the linguistic input attended by a deaf child exposed to cued speech (CS) in the final part of her prelinguistic period (18-24 months). Subjects are the child, her mother, and her therapist. Analyses have provided data about the quantity of input directed to the child (oral input, more than 1,000 words per half-an-hour session; cued ratio, more than 60% of oral input; and attended ratio, more than 55% of oral input), its linguistic quality (lexical variety, grammatical complexity, etc.), and other properties of interaction (child attention and use of spontaneous gestures). Results show that both adults provided a rich linguistic input to the child and that the child attended most of the input that the adults cued. These results might explain the positive linguistic development of children exposed early to CS.

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Author information

Author/s: Torres, Santiago (S); Moreno-Torres, Ignacio (I); Santana, Rafael (R);

Affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Campus de Teatinos, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain. monreal(-atsign-)uma.es

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of deaf studies and deaf education (J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol 11 (issue 4) : pp 438-48

Dates: Created 2006/09/06; Completed 2008/04/14;

PMID: 16840541, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Child, Preschool
Cochlear Implants
Deafness - physiopathology
Education, Special - methods
Female
Hearing Impaired Persons - education; rehabilitation

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