Facial Expression Recognition: Can Preschoolers with Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids Catch It?

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Yifang; Su, Yanjie; Fang, Ping; Zhou, Qingxia
Titel	Facial Expression Recognition: Can Preschoolers with Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids Catch It?
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 32 (2011) 6, S.2583-2588 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2011.06.019
Schlagwörter	Theory of Mind; Nonverbal Communication; Deafness; Language Aptitude; Assistive Technology; Models; Children; Age Differences; Perception; Cognitive Processes; Intervention; Disabilities; Preschool Children; Elementary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Analogiemodell; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Wahrnehmung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Handicap; Behinderung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Elementarunterricht
Abstract	Tager-Flusberg and Sullivan (2000) presented a cognitive model of theory of mind (ToM), in which they thought ToM included two components--a social-perceptual component and a social-cognitive component. Facial expression recognition (FER) is an ability tapping the social-perceptual component. Previous findings suggested that normal hearing children did not demonstrate any advantage over those with cochlear implants (CI) or hearing aids (HA) in FER with age and gender matched. In these studies, the ages of the participants with CI or HA were over 7 years old. However, normal hearing preschoolers can accurately recognize basic facial expressions. Children's early FER skills are essential to later successful social interactions. It is not clear whether preschoolers with CI or HA have problems in FER. Two experiments were conducted to compare the FER of preschoolers with CI or HA with normal hearing children (with age matched). The results of both experiments consistently showed that normal hearing children performed significantly better than those with CI or HA, suggesting to some extent that there was a delay in preschoolers with CI or HA on FER. No significant correlations (with age and type of participants controlled) were found between language ability (measured by PPVT) and FER in Experiment 2, to some extent validating a cognitive model of ToM in another view. The findings suggested that earlier rehabilitation for children with CI or HA should include not only language treatment but also emotional intervention, which would help them catch up with normal hearings as soon as possible. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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