19th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 8-10, 2020 • Kansas City, MO
3/09/2020 | 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | “First me, then you”: Distilling some of the neuroscience on conversational turn-taking | Chicago B
“First me, then you”: Distilling some of the neuroscience on conversational turn-taking
Parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) have long been told that they need exposure to language. Studies such as those that have identified the 30 Million Word Gap (Hart & Risley, 2003; Suskind & Leffel, 2013), have highlighted the various levels of language exposure that children may have to language early in life and the dramatic impact that this can have on childrens’ readiness for school. Important early work by Mayberry and colleagues (2002) demonstrated the significant impact that language exposure can have on brain development. Further, work in the field of speech-language pathology has emphasized the need for parents to “narrate their day” (Wray, 2007).
Emerging research, however, points not only to the importance of exposure to language (whether signed or spoken) for DHH children, but to the need for using language to interact. For example, studies involving the Language Environment Analysis (LENA) with children who are DHH and use oral/aural language have revealed some important findings regarding conversational turn-taking (Aragon & Yoshinaga-Itano, 2012; Ma’ayn, 2018). Recent work by Romeo and colleagues (2018) further suggests that conversational turn-taking is imperative for language development, beyond mere exposure. Similarly, Kondourova and colleagues (2019) have explored the influence of conversational turn-taking on parent-infant dyads in babies/toddlers who have cochlear implants.
This session will serve as a “deep dive” into the emergent neuroscience related to conversational turn-taking between DHH young children and their caregivers. Participants will then have an opportunity to devise a ‘plan of action’ for either: 1. influencing how they interact with their DHH children, if participant is a caregiver; or 2. using this science to improve their practice as a professional.
- 1. Identify and describe at least two limitations to the advice to have a DHH child “swim in language.”
- 2. Recall and state in his/her/their own words one positive effect of focusing on conversational turn-taking between caregivers and infants/toddlers who are DHH.
- 3. List a minimum of two actions that the individual may make, whether in their role as parent/caregiver or professional, that is informed by the current understanding of the importance of conversational turn-taking.
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Presenters/Authors
Amy Szarkowski
(), Children's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf, amyszarkowski@cccbsd.org;
Amy Szarkowski, PhD, is the Director of The Institute at the Children's Center for Communication/ Beverly School for the Deaf (CCCBSD), and faculty for LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities), at Boston Children's Hospital. She is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
(), University of Colorado-Boulder, Christie.Yoshi@colorado.edu;
Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is a Research Professor, Institute of Cognitive Science, Professor Emerita, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Visiting Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, Centre for Deaf. She has over 125 published articles and chapters with a focus on universal newborn hearing screening and predictors of developmental outcomes of children with hearing loss with an emphasis on children and families from multicultural/linguistic backgrounds, and those with socio-economic and linguistic challenges. She presented on this topic throughout the United States and globally. She received Honors from the American Speech/Language & Hearing Association and was a Jerger Career Research Awardee from the American Academy of Audiology. She serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Audiology and is a member of the Audiology committee for the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP).
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• Receives Salary,Grants for Employment,Other activities from University of Colorado, Boulder Disability Research Dissemination Center.
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• Has a Professional (Advisory Board member)
relationship for Board membership.