“Deafinitely” Awesome: Children who are deaf and their path to social success.
Presenter Major
Speech Language Pathology/Audiology
Presentation Type
Poster
Location
Hays Theatre, Wilbur Arts Building
Start Date
26-4-2024 10:45 AM
End Date
14-4-2024 11:30 AM
Description (Abstract)
Pragmatics refers to how humans interact socially with others using language and is an important part of language development for children (Matthews, 2020). Children with hearing loss have a difficult time developing appropriate pragmatic language skills (Nagamani et al., 2023). Within a school setting, children who are deaf can communicate using three different modalities i.e., sign language, spoken language, or total communication (both sign and spoken language). The aim of this study is to identify how pragmatics differs amongst 6-12 year olds in the following three groups of children who are deaf using: (1) sign language, (2) spoken language, and (3) sign language and spoken language.
It will be a survey, using questions from The Pragmatic Communication Scale, seven teachers regarding pragmatic skills of students who are deaf/hard of hearing. The results of this study will indicate which mode of communication is most effective for these students.
Keywords
Pragmatics, Language, Hard of hearing
Related Pillar(s)
Community, Study
“Deafinitely” Awesome: Children who are deaf and their path to social success.
Hays Theatre, Wilbur Arts Building
Pragmatics refers to how humans interact socially with others using language and is an important part of language development for children (Matthews, 2020). Children with hearing loss have a difficult time developing appropriate pragmatic language skills (Nagamani et al., 2023). Within a school setting, children who are deaf can communicate using three different modalities i.e., sign language, spoken language, or total communication (both sign and spoken language). The aim of this study is to identify how pragmatics differs amongst 6-12 year olds in the following three groups of children who are deaf using: (1) sign language, (2) spoken language, and (3) sign language and spoken language.
It will be a survey, using questions from The Pragmatic Communication Scale, seven teachers regarding pragmatic skills of students who are deaf/hard of hearing. The results of this study will indicate which mode of communication is most effective for these students.
