Preference for Infant-Directed Speech in Infants With Hearing Aids: Effects of Early Auditory Experience

Conclusions Infants with HAs appear to have sufficient access to the acoustic cues in the speech that allow them to develop an age-equivalent IDS preference. This may be attributed to a combination of being able to use the hearing they do have before receiving HAs and early device fitting. Given previously demonstrated positive associations between IDS preference and language development, this research encourages early interventions focusing on maximizing early auditory experience in infants with hearing loss.Supplemental Materialhttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.6906365
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research