Parent-Child Interaction Therapy as a Behavior and Spoken Language Intervention for Young Children With Hearing Loss
Elizabeth Adams Costa1, Lori Day2, Colleen Caverly1
1The River School/Chattering Children Clinic, Washington, DC.
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
|April 6, 2019
Summary
Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) effectively improves language development in children with hearing loss. This therapy enhances parent skills, child behavior, and spoken language outcomes, empowering families.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Pediatric Audiology
- Speech-Language Pathology
Background:
- Early intervention is crucial for language development in children with hearing loss.
- Parent engagement strategies significantly enhance intervention effectiveness.
- Despite technological advances, language outcomes for children with hearing loss lag behind their hearing peers.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) as a behavioral intervention for children with hearing loss.
- To assess PCIT's applicability as a language intervention for this population.
Main Methods:
- PCIT effectiveness was assessed in a treatment group of 18 children with hearing loss.
- A subset of 6 children (matched experimental group) had pre- and post-treatment language samples compared to a matched control group (n=6).
- Evaluated changes in parent skills, child behavior, and language sample metrics (utterances, receptive vocabulary).
Main Results:
- The PCIT treatment group showed significant improvements in parent skills and child behavior.
- The matched experimental group demonstrated a significant increase in spoken utterances compared to controls.
- A trend towards a significant increase in receptive vocabulary was observed in the PCIT group compared to controls.
Conclusions:
- PCIT is a promising intervention for children with hearing loss.
- The therapy empowers parents to facilitate language stimulation and improve parent-child interactions.
- PCIT positively impacts child behavior and promotes spoken language development.
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