Parent-child interaction has a vital role in shaping children’s language, cognitive, and social-emotional development. Image: Satura_/stock.adobe.com. More research is needed to explore real-life exchanges in the home and natural environments of young children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their parents, says DR AMY SZARKOWSKI, DR EVELIEN DIRKS and DR MARTINA CURTIN. Dr Amy Szarkowski. Image: NextSense....
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No actionable practice change from this blog piece alone; however, it reinforces the value of counselling parents on the quality of their daily interactions with Deaf or Hard of Hearing children as part of early intervention.
Highlighting the home environment as a critical — and understudied — site of early intervention could shift research priorities and family-support strategies across paediatric audiology and early childhood services.
- 01Parent-child interaction quality significantly shapes language, cognitive, and social-emotional outcomes in Deaf/Hard of Hearing children.
- 02Most existing research has been conducted in controlled lab settings rather than real-world home environments.
- 03The article calls for more naturalistic, home-based research to capture everyday interaction patterns.
- 04Both verbal and non-verbal communication between parents and children are likely relevant to developmental outcomes.
- 05Findings have implications for how early intervention services support and coach families.
Parent-child interaction shapes language, cognitive, and social-emotional development in young Deaf or Hard of Hearing children.
opinionpartially supportedMore real-world home environment research is needed to understand parent-child interaction in this population.
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