Prelingual Hearing impairment Language delay
Conditions
Interventions
Individually-adjusted language training was conducted for 12 times in 6 months according to the prepared manual for this intervention program (LAMP program: Language-intended training with MultiPle-la
Sponsors
Association of Technical Aids
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Hearing impaired children 1) those who aged 6-12 (school grade 1-6 2) those who have congenital hearing loss with 70dBHL or severer unaided hearing level at least at 4 years old. 3) those who demonstrated apparent delay in their language development by Assessment of LAnguage Development for Japanese chIldreN (ALADJIN)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The presence of additional handicaps other than hearing impairment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The JINN score (Japanese language developmental score with INtegration of Multiple domaiNs) The score was calculated by averaging the adjusted standard deviation scores (z-scores) of perceptive/productive vocabulary and perceptive/productive syntax to evaluate age appropriate language development for school aged (6-12 years) children. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Each of language domains including perceptive and productive vocabulary, perceptive and productive syntax, pragmatic functions and discourse. Subjective rating from both their care-givers and trainers were also used by secondary objective values. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactNorio Kasai
Association of Technical Aids Office for RSCD
Outcome results
None listed