Jena B Casas, Amy Kegel
Law enforcement mental health: A systematic review of qualitative research
Psychological services
technological therapeutic advances allowed many children born hardofhearing hoh start school ageappropriate spoken language skills yet many children continue find everyday conversations challenging scoping review maps evidence related development conversation pragmatic skills children hoh learning spoken language review followed arksey omalleys methodological framework prisma extension scoping reviews guidelines quality appraisal data extraction thematic analysis used describe data systematic searches identified 36 articles inclusion sample sizes small heterogenous studies focused schoolaged children severe hearing loss greater methodological rigor varied thematic analysis revealed two global themes first children hoh continue find conversation pragmatics difficult master second set audiological communication environmental demographic characteristics associated better conversation pragmatic outcomes fixed whereas others malleable focused attention designing valid reliable assessments conversation pragmatic skills developing therapeutic approaches targeting early conversation pragmatic skill development needed reduce impact conversation pragmatic differences across lifespan