The Effect of Narrative Language Intervention on the Language Skills of Children With Hearing Loss

Purpose Narrative intervention has not been extensively investigated with children hearing loss, but it shown to improve a broad range of language skills variety disabilities and needs. Therefore, the purpose this study was investigate effect narrative on retelling vocabulary use loss. Method A multiple baseline design (for retelling) repeated acquisition vocabulary) were used fulfill study. Participants included two ages 5 9 years diagnosed bilateral sensorineural fitted an amplification device. Each child received one 70-min session individual per week for at least 6 weeks that focused teaching less common words in addition story grammar complex sentences. Results Both participants demonstrated weekly increases retell scores pretest posttest gains targeted vocabulary. Evidenced through visual analysis, both showed some growth once introduced, modest upward trend each week. Moreover, scores, collected directly after intervention, improved familiar untrained contexts. Conclusions suggest ability is promising approach promoting finding requires replication.