Feasibility of a Supplemental Phonological Awareness Intervention via Telepractice for Children with Hearing Loss: A Preliminary Study

Sue Ann S Lee, Brittany Hall, Sherry Sancibrian, Sue Ann S Lee, Brittany Hall, Sherry Sancibrian

Abstract

The goal of the current study was to examine the feasibility of a telepractice intervention to improve phonological awareness skills in children with hearing loss as compared to a conventional in-person intervention. Twenty children with hearing loss participated in this study. Two groups of ten children each received a supplemental phonological awareness intervention either via telepractice or an in-person service delivery model. Within each of the two groups, five children were enrolled in preschool or kindergarten and five children were enrolled in first or second grade. The two groups of children demonstrated similar phonological awareness, non-verbal IQ, and vocabulary skills during pre-tests. After a 12-week intervention children with hearing loss showed improved phonological awareness skills as measured by a standardized post-test. No significant differences were found between the performance of the telepractice group and in-person group. Nor was a significant interaction found between the two age groups (PreK/K vs. 1st /2nd grade) and the two types of service delivery models (in-person vs. telepractice). The results suggest that a telepractice service delivery model is feasible for young children with hearing loss, and that telepractice may be as effective as in-person intervention in improving phonological awareness skills.

Keywords: Children; Hearing loss; Intervention; Phonological awareness; Telepractice.

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Means and standard deviations of nonverbal IQ, vocabulary (VOC), and phonological awareness skills (PA) between telepractice (experimental) and in-person (control) group.
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Means and standard deviations of phonological awareness skills between pre- and post-tests between telepractice (experimental) and in-person (control) group.
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Individual standard scores of pre- and post-tests in the telepractice group.
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Individual standard scores of pre- and post-tests in the in-person group.

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