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Akkaya E, Doğan M. Emotion recognition and false belief in deaf or hard-of-hearing preschool children. JOURNAL OF DEAF STUDIES AND DEAF EDUCATION 2024; 29:134-144. [PMID: 37805825 PMCID: PMC10950420 DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enad044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
Abstract
This study aims to examine emotion recognition and false belief performances of 4-5-year-old (48-71 months) deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. The performances have been assessed using the Turkish Version of the Theory of Mind Task Battery for Children. The DHH children have been continuing schooling in inclusive settings with an auditory-oral approach. The emotion recognition performances of hearing children (n = 100) and DHH (n = 100) children have appeared to be similar. The ANOVA analysis has revealed that the groups do not differ concerning false belief performances between the ages of 4 and 5.5. However, from the age of 5.5, hearing children have performed better than DHH children. According to correlation analysis, parental education has been determined as a remarkable factor in DHH children's false belief development. The findings point to the need for research across a wide range of ages to better understand the developmental course of false belief in DHH children.
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Affiliation(s)
- Emrah Akkaya
- Education of Hearing Impaired, Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey
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- Education of Hearing Impaired, Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey
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Xiao H, Amaerjiang N, Wang W, Li M, Zunong J, En H, Zhao X, Wen C, Yu Y, Huang L, Hu Y. Hearing thresholds elevation and potential association with emotional problems among 1,914 children in Beijing, China. Front Public Health 2022; 10:937301. [PMID: 35991012 PMCID: PMC9386347 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.937301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Objectives School-aged children may experience hearing loss and emotional problems. Previous studies have shown a bidirectional relationship between hearing loss and emotional problems in the elderly population, and we aimed to analyze the association between hearing thresholds and emotional problems in school-aged children. Methods Based on the Beijing Child Growth and Health Cohort (PROC) study, the hearing screenings were conducted in November 2019 using pure tone audiometry. A total of 1,877 parents completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to assess children's emotional and behavioral status. We used generalized linear regression analysis to assess the potential association of emotional problems with hearing thresholds, based on multiple imputed datasets with a sample size of 1,914. Results The overall pass rate of hearing screening was 91.5%. The abnormal rate of SDQ total difficulties was 55.8%. Emotional symptoms were positively associated with left ear average hearing thresholds (β = 0.24, 95%CI: 0.08–0.40), and right ear average hearing thresholds (β = 0.18, 95%CI: 0.04–0.32). Conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer problems, and prosocial behaviors had no association with the pass rate of the hearing screening. Regarding emotional symptoms, boys with many fears and who are easily scared coincided with increased right ear average hearing thresholds (β = 0.67, 95%CI: 0.01–1.33). Girls having many worries, frequently feeling unhappy and downhearted were positively associated with left and right ear average hearing thresholds, respectively (β = 0.96, 95%CI: 0.20–1.73; β = 0.72, 95%CI: 0.07–1.37). Conclusions The co-occurrence of hearing problems and emotional problems of children aged 6–8 in Beijing attracts attention. It is important to address undiscovered hearing loss and emotional problems from the perspective of comorbidity driving factors.
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- Huidi Xiao
- Department of Child, Adolescent Health and Maternal Care, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Child, Adolescent Health and Maternal Care, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Child, Adolescent Health and Maternal Care, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Child, Adolescent Health and Maternal Care, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- Lihui Huang
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- Department of Child, Adolescent Health and Maternal Care, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Yifei Hu ;
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Amadeo MB, Escelsior A, Amore M, Serafini G, Pereira da Silva B, Gori M. Face masks affect perception of happy faces in deaf people. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12424. [PMID: 35858937 PMCID: PMC9298172 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16138-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led significant social repercussions and forced people to wear face masks. Recent research has demonstrated that the human ability to infer emotions from facial configurations is significantly reduced when face masks are worn. Since the mouth region is specifically crucial for deaf people who speak sign language, the current study assessed the impact of face masks on inferring emotional facial expressions in a population of adult deaf signers. A group of 34 congenitally deaf individuals and 34 normal-hearing individuals were asked to identify happiness, sadness, fear, anger, and neutral expression on static human pictures with and without facial masks presented through smartphones. For each emotion, the percentage of correct responses with and without face masks was calculated and compared between groups. Results indicated that face masks, such as those worn due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, limit the ability of people to infer emotions from facial expressions. The negative impact of face masks is significantly pronounced when deaf people have to recognize low-intensity expressions of happiness. These findings are of essential importance because difficulties in recognizing emotions from facial expressions due to mask wearing may contribute to the communication challenges experienced by the deaf community during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, generating feelings of frustration and exclusion.
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- Maria Bianca Amadeo
- U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16152, Genoa, Italy. .,Applied Neurosciences for Technological Advances in Rehabilitation Systems (ANTARES) Joint Lab, Clinica Psichiatrica Ed SPDC, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
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- Applied Neurosciences for Technological Advances in Rehabilitation Systems (ANTARES) Joint Lab, Clinica Psichiatrica Ed SPDC, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.,IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Applied Neurosciences for Technological Advances in Rehabilitation Systems (ANTARES) Joint Lab, Clinica Psichiatrica Ed SPDC, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.,IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Applied Neurosciences for Technological Advances in Rehabilitation Systems (ANTARES) Joint Lab, Clinica Psichiatrica Ed SPDC, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.,IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16152, Genoa, Italy.,Applied Neurosciences for Technological Advances in Rehabilitation Systems (ANTARES) Joint Lab, Clinica Psichiatrica Ed SPDC, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.,IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16152, Genoa, Italy.,Applied Neurosciences for Technological Advances in Rehabilitation Systems (ANTARES) Joint Lab, Clinica Psichiatrica Ed SPDC, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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