Communication skills in blind children: a preliminary investigation

James, Deborah and Stojanovik, Vesna (2007) Communication skills in blind children: a preliminary investigation. Child: Care, Health and Development, 33 (1). pp. 4-10. ISSN 0305-1862

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Abstract

Background: There are anecdotal reports that blind children sometimes use language inappropriately, but there has been no recent systematic investigation of the communication skills of children with congenital blindness. The aim of the present study was to conduct a preliminary investigation of the communication skills of a group of children with congenital blindness.

Methods: The parents of eight congenitally blind children completed the Children’s Communication Checklist-2.

Results: The checklist ratings showed that the communication profiles of a large proportion of the group warranted clinical investigation or were indicative of a communication disorder.

Conclusions: The results from this preliminary investigation support the need for a larger study on the communication skills of children with congenital blindness.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	blindness, communication skills, paediatric, pragmatics, speech and language therapy
Subjects:	A900 Others in Medicine and Dentistry
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing
Depositing User:	Ay Okpokam
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2012 12:01
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 14:39
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/9827

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