ERIC Number: EJ1446199
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Nov
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1525-7401
EISSN: EISSN-1538-4837
Home Literacy Practices for Young Children with Cochlear Implants
Erin E. Campbell; Deborah Bervinchak; Jean DesJardin; Kristin Ceh; Kathleen Lehnert; Deborah Grammer; Howard W. Francis
Communication Disorders Quarterly, v46 n1 p12-25 2024
This study investigated relationships among home reading practices, shared book reading (SBR) behaviors, and child literacy outcomes in young children with cochlear implants in Baltimore, Maryland. Parents (N=18) completed a home reading questionnaire and recorded themselves reading books with their children at home. Shared book reading sessions were coded for interactive reading behaviors. Children's early language skills and literacy skills were also assessed. We explored variability in these behaviors with regard to demographic characteristics and type of book; these exploratory analyses revealed that parents used more literacy teaching techniques when reading the wordless picture book and that parent interaction and engagement and literacy teaching techniques were more frequent with younger children than with older children. While many families frequently used interactive reading behaviors, our analysis did not find significant relationships between the parent behaviors and children's literacy scores. However, there was an interaction between the "amount" of reading and cochlear implant experience such that more cochlear implant experience was associated with better reading outcomes "only" for the group of children who received more reading time. In a sample of young children with cochlear implants, reading time, cochlear implant experience, and child language skills were better predictors of reading outcomes than parents' frequency of SBR behaviors alone.
Descriptors: Young Children, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Reading Habits, Family Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Reading, Time on Task, Parent Child Relationship, Family Environment, Reading Skills
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Maryland (Baltimore)
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