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Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 8:4 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

Empirical Article

Assessment of Language Skills in Young Children with Profound Hearing Loss under Two Years of Age

Pauline Nott

Co-operative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation Taralye Early Intervention Program

Robert Cowan

Co-operative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation

P. Margaret Brown

The University of Melbourne Co-operative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation

Gillian Wigglesworth

The University of Melbourne

This article presents an initial evaluation of a technique known as the Diary of Early Language (Di-EL), designed to obtain data about early lexical development in young children with profound hearing loss using cochlear implants, hearing aids, or both. The validity of the Di-EL, a parent report technique, was examined through comparisons with other measures of language development. Lexical data reported by parents using the Di-EL was found to agree with that reported by the same parents for the same children using the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDI), although some differences in the lexical items were noted. Rate of lexical acquisition on the Di-EL was found to correlate highly with that measured by the CDI and with expressive language skills as measured by the Rossetti Infant Toddler Language Scale, suggesting that the Di-EL is a valid measure of early lexical progress. These results are discussed with reference to other diary studies, along with research and clinical applications of the Di-EL.

The authors would like to thank the parents and children who participated in the research. Thanks also to the staff from Taralye Early Intervention Program for their thoughtful comments and active support in collecting the data, especially to Margaret Charlton for completing intellectual assessments on all the children. This work was supported by the Commonwealth of Australia through the establishment of the Co-operative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation (CRC HEAR). Correspondence should be addressed to Pauline Nott, c/o Executive Officer, 384 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002 Australia (e-mail: mchapman{at}bionicear.org)

Received March 20, 2003; revised May 14, 2003; accepted May 18, 2003


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