The Relationship between Linguistic Environment, Anxiety and Development of Competency for Verbal Communication at Children with Hearing Deficiency

摘要

This study investigates the relationship between linguistic family environment, anxiety level and the development of communication skills among children with hearing deficiency. 30 participants were evaluated and five instruments were used in order to investigate the above mentioned relationship. The research results showed that the subjects which are not based on a common language to communicate with the family have a higher level of anxiety but in the same time they have so far superior results in verbal competence both in oral form as well as in the written form in comparison with the children with hearing deficiency coming from deaf families.