Sentence comprehension and production in children with cochlear implants: Errorless procedures and equivalence-based instruction

Author(s)

das Neves, Anderson Jonas ; Almeida-Verdu, Ana Claudia Moreira ; Silva, Leandra Tabanez do Nascimento ; Moret, Adriane Lima Mortari ; de Souza, Deisy das Gracas

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS; v. N/A, p. 25-pg., 2022-11-18.

Abstract

Research supports equivalence-based instruction (EBI) and matrix training for increased listening and speaking skills in children with cochlear implants (CI). We incorporated errorless procedures to optimize the EBI and evaluated the effects on the auditory comprehension and verbal responding at-sentences level in six CI children who were readers and showed inaccurate tacting. Subject-verb-object sentences were arranged in two matrices; diagonal combinations were trained and evaluated non-diagonal combinations. EBI included stimulus fading and exclusion to directly teach the dictated sentence-picture matching; written-sentences construction upon dictation also was taught. Probes assessed the derived stimulus-stimulus and stimulus-response relations. All participants learned the auditory-visual discriminations and the exclusion resulted in fewer errors than on a stimulus fading procedure. Five participants formed equivalence classes and increased verbal responding to equivalent stimuli, especially pictures tacting. They also showed recombinative generalization for both matrices. Professionals can incorporate errorless procedures to EBI for improving sentence comprehension, tacting, and productivity in CI children. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/50909-8 - INCT 2014: Behavior, Cognition and Teaching (INCT-ECCE): relational learning and symbolic functioning
• Grantee: Deisy das Graças de Souza
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 16/09109-3 - Evaluation of Teaching Procedures and a Curriculum Proposal to Extend the Oral Production of Sentences in Children with Cochlear Implants
• Grantee: Anderson Jonas das Neves
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 18/16694-5 - EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTAL CURRICULUM ON THE RECEPTIVE AND EXPRESSIVE LEARNING OF SENTENCES IN CHILDREN WITH HEARING DEVICES AND COCHLEAR IMPLANT
• Grantee: Anderson Jonas das Neves
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral