Date of Award
4-1995
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Department
Speech Pathology and Audiology
First Advisor
Dr. Nickola W. Nelson
Second Advisor
Dr. Robin Clark
Third Advisor
Dr. Harold (Hal) Bate
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The use of free choice drawings and contingent questions as prompts to enhance oral language development in young children with moderate to profound hearing losses was the focus of this descriptive and experimental study. The effects of contingent queries (scaffolding) on drawing and oral language were measured using a single subject experimental design in which a staggered baseline was followed by treatment replicated across two sets of students at two levels of language abilities. An extensive coding system for dependent drawing and language variables was developed and utilized for analysis.
The major findings of this study were that the use of contingent queries of the message of children's drawings is significantly related to the number of words children produce. Contingent queries improve the output and quality of children's language (to a greater degree) and drawings (to a lesser degree) differently for each child. All four children benefited from the drawing and contingent query approach.
Recommended Citation
Nordenbrock, Daniel Carey, "Development in Drawings and Language of Young Children with Hearing Impairments" (1995). Masters Theses. 4711.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4711