SUMMARY OF CHILDREN WITH BILATERAL HEARING LOSS WITH NORMAL COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

2014 Results:

• Acquiring an age-appropriate lexicon is a challenge for many children with 47% demonstrating significant delays
• Typically children scored more poorly on cognitive-linguistic items compared to more concrete/routine language items
• Typically language quotients were higher (by 7 to 15 points) for children who had:
  • No additional disabilities
    Intervention by 6 months of age
  • Mild or moderate hearing loss
  • Deaf parent(s)
  • Unilateral hearing loss
  • Parents whose written language was English
  • Mothers with degrees beyond a HS diploma

2015 Results:

• Acquiring an age-appropriate lexicon is a challenge for many children with bilateral hearing loss with 57% of the group demonstrating significant delays
• Typically language quotients were higher (by 6 to 19 points) for children who:
  • Were less than 2 years of age
  • Had mild or moderate hearing loss
  • Had mothers with B.A. degrees or higher
  • Were identified by 3 months and in intervention by 6 months of age
  • Had deaf parent(s)

NECAP 2014 powerpoint

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NECAP 2015 powerpoint