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Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages
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Published on: March 24, 2023

Clarification requests in everyday interaction involving children with cochlear implants.

Christina Samuelsson1, Björn Lyxell

  • 1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University , Linköping , Sweden.

Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology
|May 2, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Children with cochlear implants (CI) use various clarification requests during conversations. Lower request frequency was observed in children with higher intelligibility, highlighting the need for interactional assessment.

Keywords:
Childrenclarification requestscochlear implantseveryday interactionintelligibility

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Published on: March 24, 2023

Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Audiology
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Cochlear implants (CI) are vital for hearing restoration in children.
  • Understanding conversational dynamics in children with CI is crucial for their development.
  • Clarification requests are key communicative repair strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the types and functions of clarification requests used by children with cochlear implants (CI).
  • To analyze the relationship between intelligibility and the frequency of clarification requests in children with CI.
  • To underscore the importance of assessing interactional abilities in real-world settings for clinical applications.

Main Methods:

  • Observational study of everyday interactions involving children with CI.
  • Analysis of spontaneous spoken language to identify clarification request sequences.
  • Correlation analysis between intelligibility scores and the frequency of clarification requests.

Main Results:

  • Children with CI utilize both general/open and specific types of clarification requests.
  • A lower frequency of clarification requests was noted in children with higher speech intelligibility scores.
  • Interactional patterns provide insights into communicative competence beyond isolated speech production.

Conclusions:

  • The findings emphasize the diverse strategies children with CI employ to manage conversational flow.
  • Assessing interactional skills in naturalistic contexts is essential for effective clinical intervention for children with CI.
  • Understanding clarification request patterns can inform targeted support for children with hearing impairments.