Cochlear implant use is not associated with greater perceived academic or social success, and children with implants are rated lowest in reading¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1–r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Deaf children with and without cochlear implants did not differ significantly on communication or peer-social questionnaire items. → Marschark M 2012 q3 i? Deaf children with cochlear implants were rated as less competent in reading than deaf children without implants, though only the hearing-vs-implant difference was significant. → Marschark M 2012 (2)

Evidence¶

Marschark M 2012¶

Marschark M, Bull R, Sapere P, Nordmann E, Skene W, Lukomski J, Lumsden S. (2012). Do You See What I See? School Perspectives of Deaf Children, Hearing Children, and Their Parents. European Journal of Special Needs Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2012.719106

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Comparing 15 deaf children with cochlear implants to an age-matched sample of 24 deaf children without implants on communication and peer-social items, "none of the comparisons was significant". The article reports this appears to be the first such perception comparison. No effect size was printed.

"Although our primary interest was on the two items related to communication and the three related to peer social interactions (see Appendix), none of the comparisons was significant, all ts (28) < 1.92."

Marschark M 2012 (2)¶

Marschark M, Bull R, Sapere P, Nordmann E, Skene W, Lukomski J, Lumsden S. (2012). Do You See What I See? School Perspectives of Deaf Children, Hearing Children, and Their Parents. European Journal of Special Needs Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2012.719106

q3 · i? · associational · r1

The three-group ANOVA on the Reading scale ordered hearing children above deaf children without implants above deaf children with implants; "only the difference between the hearing children and the deaf children with cochlear implants was significant" on Bonferroni tests. No effect size was printed.

"Analysis of the Reading scale yielded a main effect of hearing status, F (2, 90) = 4.71, MSE = .86, as for both parents and children, hearing children were rated as more competent than deaf children without cochlear implants who, in turn, were rated as more competent than deaf children with cochlear implants"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Access — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Hearing children are rated as more capable in reading and more socially successful than deaf children by both children and parents — related
• Teachers judged almost 70% of children with cochlear implants to be below their class median in academic performance — related