18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
Who is Helping Whom? Sibling Relationships and the Influence on Communication for Learners who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
This presentation will investigate the impact of typically hearing siblings (SIB-H) on the communication development of their deaf/hard of hearing siblings (SIB-DHH). To better understand the effects of sibling relationships on communication, this research explores the perceptions of adults who are deaf/hard of hearing and parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing on this area of development. Literature that examines the impact of sibling relationships on the communication development of typically developing sibling dyads, siblings with a disability, and SIB-H and SIB-DHH dyads will be reviewed. A survey of SIB-DHH and parents of deaf/hard of hearing and typically hearing children will be discussed. Results of the survey will inform practitioners to better understand the impact sibling relationships have had on communication development and the implications for family-centered intervention.
- Examine extant literature to understand the influence of typically developing sibling dyads on one another’s communication development
- Analyze data to understand influence of deaf+hearing sibling dyads (sib-H and sib-DHH) on one another’s communication development
- Synthesize and disseminate findings to practitioners to optimize family-centered intervention to promote communication development
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Presenter: Emily Crouse
Emily Crouse is a speech-language pathologist at Carle Auditory Oral School for the Deaf in Champaign, IL. She completed both her Bachelor's in Deaf Education and Master's in Speech Language Pathology at program at Fontbonne University in St. Louis. She specializes in working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing ages three to eight.
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