Vital capacity (VC), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV(1)), peak expiratory flow (PEF), mean forced expiratory flow (FEV(25-75)), and maximum voluntary volume (MVV) were measured in 36 girls and 36 boys with hearing loss and compared with the same number of normal healthy children, all subjects were aged 10-16 years. They participated in an exercise test to calculate VO(2 max) in order to de...

In closing a keynote presentation at a recent international conference on deaf education, the speaker noted that ‘‘There has never been a better time to be a deaf child . or a parent or educator of one.’’ That suggestion is consistent with our intuitions and reflects significant strides that have been made recently in a variety of domains relevant to the development and education of deaf childr...

This study compared white matter development in prelingually deaf and normal-hearing children using a tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) method. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was performed in 21 prelingually deaf (DEAF group) and 20 normal-hearing (HEAR group) subjects aged from 1.7 to 7.7 years. Using TBSS, we evaluated the regions of significant difference in fractional anisotropy (FA) be...

Most deaf children in the U.S. today (roughly 80 percent) are placed in a mainstream publicschool environment with hearing peers and teachers (Salend, 2001; Schick, Williams, & Bolster, 1999). As deaf children are increasingly being educated in mainstream public school programs, there is a need to assess fully the factors influencing their first and second language acquisition and literacy deve...

THE RELATIONSHIP OF RESILIENCE WITH QUALITY LIFE AND EXPECTANCY MOTHERS DEAF CHILDREN

Deaf children who are native users of American Sign Language (ASL) and hearing children who are native English speakers performed three working memory tasks. Results indicate that language modality shapes the architecture of working memory. Digit span with forward and backward report, performed by each group in their native language, suggests that the language rehearsal mechanisms for spoken la...

Much evidence suggests that, early in life, auditory input and communication are essential for the normal development of language, cognition, and behavior. Thus, deaf children, who experience significant disruptions in auditory input, are likely to show delays not only in the production of oral language but in other important aspects of development such as visual attention and behavioral contro...

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the auditory performance of congenitally deaf children and the effect of cochlear implantation (CI) on speech intelligibility. Methods: A prospective study was undertaken on 47 children in a pediatric tertiary referral center for CI. All children were deaf prelingually and were younger than 8 years of age. They were followed up until 5 years af...

Introduction: A deaf child creates a feeling of stigma in many hearing parents. Stigma in mothers can have a negative impact on a child’s treatment and rehabilitation process. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the extent of stigma in mothers with deaf children.  Materials and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 among 90 mothers with deaf children...

The reading impairment of the majority of prelingually, profoundly deaf subjects (Conrad, 1979) results mainly from a deficiency of their primary linguistic competence. It is widely recognized that orally educated deaf children attain only limited ability in the reception and production of both oral and written language (see Quigley and Paul, 1984 for a review). The lack of adequate communicati...