Enhancing storytelling ability with virtual environment among deaf and hard-of-hearing children

Sigal Eden, Sara Ingber

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Abstract

The study conducted a 3-month intervention to improve deaf and hard-of-hearing children's storytelling ability through training in arranging episodes of temporal scripts, and telling the stories they created. We examined 65 D/HH children aged four to seven years who were divided into two groups: virtual reality (VR) technological intervention and pictorial non-technological intervention. Participants completed pretest and posttest measures and demonstrated significant improvement in storytelling achievements following intervention. In the VR group the improvement was much more significant. In addition, participants at an early age at onset of treatment correlated with children's better achievements in storytelling.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputers Helping People with Special Needs - 14th International Conference, ICCHP 2014, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages386-392
Number of pages7
EditionPART 2
ISBN (Print)9783319085982
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2014 - Paris, France
Duration: 9 Jul 201411 Jul 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume8548 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2014
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period9/07/1411/07/14

Keywords

  • Deaf
  • Hard-of-Hearing
  • Language
  • Sequential
  • Storytelling
  • Virtual Reality

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