Infant-directed speech enhances attention to speech in deaf infants with cochlear implants
Wang, Yuanyuan
Infant-directed speech enhances attention to speech in deaf infants with cochlear implants
Both theoretical models of infant language
acquisition and empirical studies posit important roles
for attention to speech in early language development.
However, deaf infants with cochlear implants (CIs) show
reduced attention to speech as compared with their peers
with normal hearing (NH; Horn, Davis, Pisoni, & Miyamoto,
2005; Houston, Pisoni, Kirk, Ying, & Miyamoto, 2003), which
may affect their acquisition of spoken language. The main
purpose of this study was to determine (a) whether infantdirected
speech (IDS) enhances attention to speech in infants
with CIs, as compared with adult-directed speech (ADS), and
(b) whether the degree to which infants with CIs pay
attention to IDS is associated with later language outcomes.
Infant-directed speech enhances attention to speech in deaf infants with cochlear implants
Both theoretical models of infant language
acquisition and empirical studies posit important roles
for attention to speech in early language development.
However, deaf infants with cochlear implants (CIs) show
reduced attention to speech as compared with their peers
with normal hearing (NH; Horn, Davis, Pisoni, & Miyamoto,
2005; Houston, Pisoni, Kirk, Ying, & Miyamoto, 2003), which
may affect their acquisition of spoken language. The main
purpose of this study was to determine (a) whether infantdirected
speech (IDS) enhances attention to speech in infants
with CIs, as compared with adult-directed speech (ADS), and
(b) whether the degree to which infants with CIs pay
attention to IDS is associated with later language outcomes.