What's That You Say? Communication Breakdowns and Their Repairs in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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| Title: | What's That You Say? Communication Breakdowns and Their Repairs in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Fitzpatrick, Erin, Squires, Bonita, Kay-Raining Bird, Elizabeth |
| Source: | Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. Oct 2020 25(4):490-504. |
| Availability: | Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, UK. Tel: +44-1865-353907; Fax: +44-1865-353485; e-mail: jnls.cust.serv@oxfordjournals.org; Web site: http://jdsde.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Children, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Communication Problems, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Strategies |
| DOI: | 10.1093/deafed/enaa010 |
| ISSN: | 1081-4159 |
| Abstract: | Conversational fluency is important to form meaningful connections and relationships with the people around us but is understudied in children who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH). Communication breakdowns reduce conversational fluency. They occur when a speaker says something that interrupts the flow of conversation requiring a request for clarification or confirmation from their listener to repair the misunderstanding. Young children who are D/HH are at risk of more frequent communication breakdowns and fewer successful repairs than children with typical hearing (The missing link in language development of deaf and hard of hearing children: Pragmatic language development. "Seminars in Speech and Language," 33 (04), 297-309). About 14 children who were D/HH aged 7-12 year and 15 children with typical hearing were matched on chronological age. Comparisons of the number and duration of communication breakdowns, requests for repair, and responses to requests used by children in a 10-min conversation with an adult were completed. Results showed that while children who were D/HH demonstrated some differences, they were more similar to their typically hearing peers in communication breakdowns and repairs than previously reported in the literature. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1273448 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Conversational fluency is important to form meaningful connections and relationships with the people around us but is understudied in children who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH). Communication breakdowns reduce conversational fluency. They occur when a speaker says something that interrupts the flow of conversation requiring a request for clarification or confirmation from their listener to repair the misunderstanding. Young children who are D/HH are at risk of more frequent communication breakdowns and fewer successful repairs than children with typical hearing (The missing link in language development of deaf and hard of hearing children: Pragmatic language development. "Seminars in Speech and Language," 33 (04), 297-309). About 14 children who were D/HH aged 7-12 year and 15 children with typical hearing were matched on chronological age. Comparisons of the number and duration of communication breakdowns, requests for repair, and responses to requests used by children in a 10-min conversation with an adult were completed. Results showed that while children who were D/HH demonstrated some differences, they were more similar to their typically hearing peers in communication breakdowns and repairs than previously reported in the literature. |
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| ISSN: | 1081-4159 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/deafed/enaa010 |
