Is Knowing Words Enough? Assessing Vocabulary in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Results suggest that single-word vocabulary, norm-referenced measures indicating performance above the 50th percentile may not be sufficient to capture nuanced difficulties with vocabulary in children who are DHH. For children who are DHH, performance in the "range of normal" on a norm-referenced test may not capture ways in which their language performance differs from that of peers with typical hearing.
Authors
- Krystal L. Werfel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2599-4609)
- Emily Lund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4992-3554)
- Lionel Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2936-4863)
Institutions
- Texas Christian University (US)
- Boys Town National Research Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_lshss-24-00046
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.44
Funders
- University of South Carolina
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders