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Behavioral Assessment of Hearing in 2 to 4 Year-old Children: A Two-interval, Observer-based Procedure Using Conditioned Play-based Responses

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The relationship between language development and behaviour problems in children with hearing loss.

Jim Stevenson¹, Donna McCann, Peter Watkin

¹University of Southampton, UK. jsteven@soton.ac.uk

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines

|August 19, 2009

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Children with hearing loss often show more behavior problems, but these issues decrease when their language skills improve. This highlights the crucial link between communication development and behavior in deaf children.

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Area of Science:

Child Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Audiology

Background:

Established link between poor communication skills and increased behavioral problems.
This study specifically investigates this relationship in children with hearing loss.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the relationship between communication skills and behavior problems in children with hearing loss.
To compare behavior problems in children with and without hearing loss.

Main Methods:

Assessed receptive and expressive language skills in 120 children with hearing loss and 63 hearing children (mean age 8 years).
Investigated relationships between language abilities and parent/teacher-reported behavior problems.

Main Results:

Children with hearing loss exhibited higher levels of behavior problems than their hearing peers.
The negative impact of hearing loss on behavior was eliminated when language abilities were statistically controlled.

Conclusions:

Behavior problems are more prevalent in children with hearing loss.
The most significant behavior problems were observed in children with hearing loss who had the least developed language skills.