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Effect of Age and Unaided Acoustic Hearing on Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users' Ability to Distinguish Yes/No Statements and Questions
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Emily Buss; Margaret E. Richter; Victoria N. Sweeney; Amanda G. Davis; Margaret T. Dillon; Lisa R. Park – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability to discriminate yes/no questions from statements in three groups of children--bilateral cochlear implant (CI) users, nontraditional CI users with aidable hearing preoperatively in the ear to be implanted, and controls with normal hearing. Half of the nontraditional CI users had…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Age Differences
Concomitant Medication Use in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Data from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials
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Shurtz, Logan; Schwartz, Chloe; DiStefano, Charlotte; McPartland, James C.; Levin, April R.; Dawson, Geraldine; Kleinhans, Natalia M.; Faja, Susan; Webb, Sara J.; Shic, Frederick; Naples, Adam J.; Seow, Helen; Bernier, Raphael A.; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Sugar, Catherine A.; Dziura, James; Senturk, Damla; Santhosh, Megha; Jeste, Shafali S. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Children with autism spectrum disorder are prescribed various medications to address behavior and mood. In clinical trials, individuals taking concomitant psychotropic medications often are excluded to maintain homogeneity and prevent contamination of clinical endpoints. However, this choice may compromise the representativeness of the sample. In…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Drug Therapy, Incidence, Child Behavior
The Effects of Models and Instructions on Children's Divergent Thinking
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Bloom, Lisa A.; Doss, Kristy K.; Sastre, Cameron; Martin, Todd H. – Gifted and Talented International, 2019
The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of explicit instructions on children's divergent and creative thinking. Fifty-two children were assigned to one of four groups. Two of the groups were presented a problem with a model and instructions for solving the problem first and then presented problems with no instructions/model. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Direct Instruction, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
The Effects of Indexical and Phonetic Variation on Vowel Perception in Typically Developing 9- to 12-Year-Old Children
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Jacewicz, Ewa; Fox, Robert Allen – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate how linguistic knowledge interacts with indexical knowledge in older children's perception under demanding listening conditions created by extensive talker variability. Method: Twenty-five 9- to 12-year-old children, 12 from North Carolina (NC) and 13 from Wisconsin (WI), identified 12 vowels…
Descriptors: Children, Preadolescents, Vowels, Knowledge Level
Specificity of Putative Psychosocial Risk Factors for Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents
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Shanahan, Lilly; Copeland, William; Costello, E. Jane; Angold, Adrian – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Most psychosocial risk factors appear to have general rather than specific patterns of association with common childhood and adolescence disorders. However, previous research has typically failed to 1) control for comorbidity among disorders, 2) include a wide range of risk factors, and 3) examine sex by developmental stage effects on…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Risk, Adolescents, Preadolescents