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Lount, SA |
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dc.contributor.author |
Purdy, Suzanne |
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dc.contributor.author |
Hand, Linda |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-05-25T04:02:13Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017-01 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 60(1):121-135 Jan 2017 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1092-4388 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/33062 |
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dc.description.abstract |
International evidence suggests youth offenders have greater difficulties with oral language than their nonoffending peers. This study examined the hearing, auditory processing, and language skills of male youth offenders and remandees (YORs) in New Zealand. Method Thirty-three male YORs, aged 14–17 years, were recruited from 2 youth justice residences, plus 39 similarly aged male students from local schools for comparison. Testing comprised tympanometry, self-reported hearing, pure-tone audiometry, 4 auditory processing tests, 2 standardized language tests, and a nonverbal intelligence test. Results Twenty-one (64%) of the YORs were identified as language impaired (LI), compared with 4 (10%) of the controls. Performance on all language measures was significantly worse in the YOR group, as were their hearing thresholds. Nine (27%) of the YOR group versus 7 (18%) of the control group fulfilled criteria for auditory processing disorder. Only 1 YOR versus 5 controls had an auditory processing disorder without LI. Conclusions Language was an area of significant difficulty for YORs. Difficulties with auditory processing were more likely to be accompanied by LI in this group, compared with the controls. Provision of speech-language therapy services and awareness of auditory and language difficulties should be addressed in youth justice systems. |
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dc.publisher |
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Hearing, Auditory Processing, and Language Skills of Male Youth Offenders and Remandees in Youth Justice Residences in New Zealand |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1044/2016_JSLHR-L-15-0131 |
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pubs.issue |
1 |
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pubs.begin-page |
121 |
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pubs.volume |
60 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
28114615 |
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pubs.end-page |
135 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
611627 |
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pubs.org-id |
Science |
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pubs.org-id |
Psychology |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2017-05-25 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
28114615 |
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