Hardman, G;
Kyle, F;
Herman, R;
Morgan, G;
(2022)
Pre-linguistic social communication skills and post implant language outcomes in deaf children with cochlear implants.
Journal of Communication Disorders
, 100
, Article 106275. 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106275.
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Abstract
Purpose: This study investigates the relationship between pre-linguistic social communication skills and age of cochlear implant for future language outcomes in a large sample of deaf children. Method: A retrospective cohort study of records from 75 children. Pre-implant data included Age at Implant, pre-linguistic communication (social, symbolic and speech) skills, and non-verbal ability. Receptive and expressive language development data at 1 year, 2 years and 4 years post implant were analysed to investigate the relationships between pre-implant factors and language outcomes, in particular pre-linguistic social communication skills in early and late implanted children. Results: Age at Implant was the strongest correlate of post implant expressive and receptive language outcomes. The sample was divided into early implanted (<18 month) and late implanted (>18 months) children. In the early implanted group, pre-linguistic social communication skills were the strongest pre-implant correlate of language outcomes four years post-implant. In the late implanted group, there were no significant pre-implant correlates of language outcomes. Conclusions: Long term language outcomes after cochlear implantation are the product of a set of communicative, cognitive and environmental factors. Early pre-implant social communication skills are an important consideration for clinicians who guide parents as to likely long-term outcomes post cochlear implantation. Social communication skills are particularly important for children who receive implants before the age of 18 months.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Pre-linguistic social communication skills and post implant language outcomes in deaf children with cochlear implants |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106275 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106275 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Cochlear Implants, Language development, Social skills |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Language and Cognition |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10159628 |
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