Ellen Rhoades

Purpose Equitable representation of children with hearing loss who are members of marginalized or minority groups in behavioral intervention studies enhances inclusivity in the scientific process and generalizability of results. The goal of this systematic review was to ascertain the percentage of studies conducted in the United States in the past...

Discovery of a true auditory-verbal pioneer

Purpose: We reviewed how Social Determinants of Health relate to health inequities and disparities for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs. Then, we examined links between specific sociodemographic factors (maternal age, maternal education, race/ethnicity) and hearing screening and diagnostic audiology follow-up for newborns in...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to (a) provide introductory literature regarding cultural constructs, health disparities, and social determinants of health (SDoH); (b) summarize the literature regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Hearing Screening Follow-Up Survey (HSFS...

Three functional assessment documents initially published in English are translated to Romanian for use by early intervention practitioners who serve Romanian-speaking parents.

This is an example of a functional assessment checklist that identifies characteristics of caregiver talk directed to their young language learning child. Practitioners (including early intervention service providers) can use this in two different ways: (1) a coaching tool to help parents identify important characteristics in their own spoken langu...

This paper describes infant-directed speech, sometimes referred to as 'caregiver talk'.

This is a brief but broad narrative and non-systematic review of developments that led up to how 21st century digital technology and translational research influenced, in particular, cognitive psychology and our improved understanding of mental resources among children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). In turn, systemic multidisciplinary resea...

Protocol followed prior to delivery of family-centered services. Most caregivers are typically interviewed online (videochat), altho' a few may be emailed the series of questions and they respond via email..

How a child develops language is an ongoing hot topic in the field of deafness. Parents who are new to hearing loss are often met with varied and conflicting opinions. This article aims to demystify the topic of communication system, particularly as related to learning more than one language (e.g., English, Spanish, American Sign Language, etc.) at...

Since the first edition of this text, families across English-speaking nations have become more diverse and complex, more early intervention practitioners have begun embracing the imperative for family-centered early intervention, and increasingly more families and their young children with hearing loss have been requesting the services of auditory...

Guide to facilitate the young child’s developmental milestones of listening and comprehension of spoken language

There is a growing realization that many adolescents with hearing loss require special attention. Despite the benefits of early diagnosis, early amplification, and early intervention, some adolescents with hearing loss do not achieve age equivalent developmental milestones. The purpose of this book is to assist auditory (re)habilitation practitione...

This chapter explains complex spoken communication development and intervention strategies that facilitate language growth in adolescents with hearing loss. The first section of this chapter summarizes spoken language development of adolescents. The second section focuses on factors influencing complex language development for adolescents with hear...

Interactive silences are important strategies that can be implemented by practitioners and parents of children with hearing loss who are learning a spoken language. Types of adult self-controlled pauses and evidence pertaining to the function of those pauses are discussed, followed by a review of advantages to justify implementation of these turn-t...

Prejudices negatively affect the children we serve. • A multicultural outlook pervades the delivery of all clinical services. • Audiologists strive to develop an effective alliance with parents. • Each child is actively encouraged to learn the language spoken at home. • Interpreters are chosen with care. • Audiologists learn about each child's fami...

Dezvoltarea limbajului receptiv, a percepţiei auditive şi a memoriei auditive) Scala este rezultatul utilizării drept reper a aproximativ 50 de scale de dezvoltare existente pentru copiii fără deficienţe senzoriale. Este important de reţinut că principalele achiziţii prezentate în această scală reflectă doar media din populaţie. Unii copii înregist...

Essential to evidence-based practice, literature reviews facilitate understanding a body of available research (De Los Reyes & Kazdin, 2008). The process of reviewing the literature to support evidence-based intervention services for people with hearing loss continues to evolve (Evans & Kowanko, 2000). Some issues can negatively influence the quali...

This text is structured to provide the reader with the basics of auditory-verbal practices from a historical perspective, including the knowledge to understand how it evolved to current evidence-based practices. Families who learn that one of its members has a hearing loss will experience varied reactions. To best serve these families, practitioner...

Prejudices negatively affect the children we serve. • A multicultural outlook should pervade the delivery of all clinical services. • The audiologist must develop an effective alliance with parents. • The child should learn the language spoken at home. • Interpreters should be chosen with care. • The audiologist should learn about each child's fami...

This paper examines the construct of evidence-based practice, how existing data on the effectiveness of the Auditory-Verbal (A-V) approach for children with hearing loss are evaluated within this construct, and whether implementation of an A-V intervention model is therefore justified. It concludes with a recurrent call for action towards collabora...

The purposes of this paper are to examine the degree of ethnic diversity that exists among children with hearing loss; to review how this affects implementation of auditory-based intervention for children with many needs; and to suggest ways that auditory-based therapists can respect and respond to diversity for the improvement of services to minor...

Deafness typically places children in the minority of communities. Less than 5% of children who are deaf have at least one parent who is deaf (Mitchell & Karchmer, 2004), and many parents with typical hearing do not communicate either effectively or typically with their children in signed language (Marschark, 2001; Mitchell & Karchmer, 2005; Surian...

This discusses a Rhoades & Chisolm investigation that focuses on language growth rates of 40 heterogeneous children, hearing aid or cochlear implant users, who received intensive auditory-verbal intervention over a period of one to four years. A global language assessment instrument was administered to the children annually following initiation of...

It is recommended that Auditory-Verbal clinicians working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families use a battery of specific language tests when providing an early intervention program that focuses on language growth. These multiple measures should include norm- and criterion-referenced instruments that specifically measure...

This study focused on the global language growth rate of 40 children with hearing loss (hearing aid and cochlear implant users) who received intensive auditory-verbal intervention for a period of one to four years. Three global language assessment instruments were administered to the children at least annually after auditory-verbal services were in...