Wachtlin, B., Turinsky, Y., Herrmann, F. et al. (1 more author) (2017) Phonological awareness in German-speaking preschool children with cochlear implants – 3 case examples. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 100. pp. 198-203. ISSN 0165-5876
Abstract
Objective
The aim was to explore PA skills German-speaking preschool children with cochlea implants (CIs) and how these skills may be related to their speech and language skills.
Methods
Three monolingual German-speaking pre-school children aged 5;04–6;01 with bilateral CIs were tested. Their cognitive, speech and language skills were assessed. Six subtests of a standardized PA test battery were administered (i.e. rhyme identification, rhyme production; phoneme identification- input and -output; phoneme blending-input and -output).
Results
All three children showed distinctive PA profiles. One boy, who had no spoken language deficits, struggled to complete the rhyme tasks but performed well on three phoneme tasks. However, he showed a discrepancy between expressive and receptive phoneme blending skills, scoring poorly on the expressive subtest. The second boy, who displayed grammar comprehension and expressive vocabulary difficulties, showed a mixed profile, with a below average performance on rhyme production. The girl who had significant speech and language deficits scored below average on all six PA subtests.
Conclusions
PA profiles in children with CI vary considerably and PA testing should include a range of different PA tasks. The assumed link between spoken language deficits and PA difficulties shown in children with normal hearing could be confirmed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Children with CIP; honological awareness; German-speaking |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > Department of Human Communication Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2017 14:12 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.06.031 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.06.031 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:119254 |
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