Werfel Krystal L, Bassard Sydney D, Squires Courtney
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
Ear Hear. 2020 Nov/Dec;41(6):1764-1771. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000897.
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of nonverbal intelligence on spoken language performance in children with hearing loss who use amplification and spoken language. Specifically, we compared language performance measured by norm-referenced measures compared with spontaneous language sample measures.
Nonverbal intelligence and spoken language skills were analyzed using norm-referenced nonverbal intelligence and language assessments and language sample analyses in 92 children ages 3 to 6 who varied by hearing and nonverbal intelligence status. All children had nonverbal intelligence within the average or above-average range.
Regression analyses revealed that, after controlling for maternal education and hearing status, nonverbal intelligence contributed unique variance to norm-referenced language measures but not spontaneous language measures.
Performance on norm-referenced language measures is influenced by nonverbal intelligence, whereas functional language use measured by spontaneous language samples is not. These findings suggest that spontaneous language measures may contribute additional value to language assessment batteries that are independent of nonverbal intelligence.
本研究旨在探讨非言语智力对使用听力放大设备和口语的听力损失儿童口语表现的影响。具体而言,我们比较了常模参照测量法与自然语言样本测量法所测得的语言表现。
采用常模参照非言语智力和语言评估以及语言样本分析,对92名3至6岁、听力和非言语智力状况各异的儿童的非言语智力和口语技能进行分析。所有儿童的非言语智力均处于平均或高于平均水平。
回归分析显示,在控制了母亲教育程度和听力状况后,非言语智力对常模参照语言测量有独特贡献,但对自然语言测量无此贡献。
常模参照语言测量的表现受非言语智力影响,而自然语言样本所测量的功能性语言使用则不受其影响。这些发现表明,自然语言测量可能为独立于非言语智力的语言评估组合提供额外价值。