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Deaf children's expression of communicative intentions.

P S Day

    Journal of Communication Disorders
    |October 1, 1986
    PubMed
    Summary

    Three-year-old hearing-impaired children learning manually coded English primarily used social and imperative communicative intentions. This finding offers insights into pragmatic development for deaf children and aids in identifying potential developmental issues.

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    Area of Science:

    • Developmental Psychology
    • Linguistics
    • Audiology

    Background:

    • Understanding the pragmatic functioning of children with hearing impairments is crucial for their language development.
    • Manually Coded English (MCE) is a system used to support communication in deaf children.
    • Early identification of pragmatic delays can inform targeted interventions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the types and frequency of communicative intentions expressed by 3-year-old hearing-impaired children using MCE.
    • To compare the pragmatic skills of these children with those of hearing children.
    • To establish baseline expectations for the pragmatic development of young deaf children.

    Main Methods:

    • Children were videotaped during naturalistic home interactions with their mothers.
    • Communicative expressions were identified and coded using a modified pragmatic functioning system.
    • The frequency and types of intentions (social, imperative, heuristic, informational) were analyzed.

    Main Results:

    • Children produced an average of 4.5 to 5.5 communicative expressions per minute.
    • Social and imperative intentions constituted the majority of expressions.
    • Heuristic and informational intentions were expressed less frequently.

    Conclusions:

    • The study provides normative data on the pragmatic development of young deaf children using MCE.
    • Findings suggest a potential delay in the use of heuristic and informational intentions.
    • The results can assist clinicians in identifying developmental challenges in deaf children beyond their hearing loss.

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