Journal article
Predicting speech-sound disorder outcomes in school-age children with hearing loss: The VicCHILD experience
M St John, G Columbus, A Brignell, P Carew, J Skeat, S Reilly, AT Morgan
International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders | Published : 2020
Abstract
Background: Congenital hearing loss is the most common birth anomaly, typically influencing speech and language development, with potential for later academic, social and employment impacts. Yet, surprisingly, the nuances of how speech is affected have not been well examined with regards to the subtypes of speech-sound disorder (SSD). Nor have the predictors of speech outcome been investigated within a sizeable population cohort. Aims: (1) To describe the subtypes and prevalence of SSD in children with hearing loss. (2) To determine which characteristics of hearing loss predict the presence of SSD. Methods & Procedures: A total of 90 children (5–12 years of age) with permanent hearing loss w..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank the following members of the Victorian Childhood Hearing Impairment Longitudinal Databank (VicCHILD) team: Melissa Wake, Libby Smith, Valerie Sung and Lauren Pigdon for support and assistance with participant identification and data sourcing. <BOLD>Declaration of interest</BOLD>: This research was supported by the Cooperative Research Centre on Hearing (S.R., A.M.); an NHMRC Career Development Award (#607315 to A.M.); and an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (#APP1105008 to A.M.). The authors report no disclosures relevant to the manuscript. None of the funding bodies was involved in study design; the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; the writing of the report; or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. A.M. and S.R. were responsible for study design and funding. All authors contributed to the methodology, investigation, data curation and formal analysis, and contributed to drafting, review and/or editing of the final manuscript. M.S.J. wrote the first draft of the manuscript.