Greg Leigh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4437807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Greg Leigh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Greg |
| FAMILY NAME | Leigh |
| SIGNATURE | LEIGH G |
| AFFILIATIONS | NextSense |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7564-7317 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Listening to different talkers and its effect on word identification for children using hearing devices
Whether listening to different talkers improves or impedes word identification has important implications for theory and practice. Yet, past research on children with hearing devices shows discrepant findings. This study tested 22 children with typical hearing (mean 5;0) and 20 with hearing devices (mean 4;11) on a remote, online 4-alternative forced-choice task (with a 4-picture display) delivered on iPads, with blocks containing 1 vs. 6 differe…
Cultural diversity in early hearing detection and intervention: Service provider perspectives
This study investigated service providers’ perspectives on the barriers experienced by families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds along the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) pathway in Victoria, Australia. Twelve service providers (i.e., hearing screening program staff and diagnostic audiologists) participated in semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. Service providers i…
The Shakespeare sessions: A Qualitative Evaluation of an Online Intervention to Prime Studies With Youth at Risk of Violence
Purpose The aim of this study was to empower young people with the skills to avoid violence irrespective of any in-person, or online, socio-economic barriers to theatrical intervention. There was a reduction in recorded violence committed by children during the COVID-19 pandemic in England and Wales. It was during this time that online interaction became more prevalent, as the technology supporting this kind of interaction became essential. Follo…
Using orthographic support to reduce the impact of noise on oral vocabulary learning in adults
Background Although most prevalent in childhood, the acquisition of new words in oral vocabulary takes place right across the lifespan. Of the many factors that influence oral vocabulary learning, one extrinsic factor is the listening environment. The current study aimed to examine whether the presence of noise impacts oral vocabulary learning in adult native speakers of English and, if so, whether this can be alleviated by the incidental presenc…
An interdisciplinary approach to enhance children’s listening, learning, and wellbeing in the classroom: The Listen to Learn for Life (L3) Assessment Framework
Introduction Listening is the gateway to children learning in the mainstream classroom. However, modern classrooms are noisy and dynamic environments making listening challenging. It is therefore critical for researchers from speech and hearing, education, and health sciences to co-design and collaborate to realistically assess how children listen to learn in the classroom and to understand how listening can be improved to enhance children’s lear…
Practitioners’ Self-Assessment of Family-Centered Practice in Telepractice Versus In-Person Early Intervention
For infants and young children who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), best practice principles indicate the provision of family-centered early intervention (FCEI). However, factors such as geographical inaccessibility and workforce shortages can limit families’ access to FCEI in their local area. One strategy for overcoming these barriers is telepractice—a method of connecting families and practitioners using synchronous, two-way au…
Modelling the early expressive communicative trajectories of infants/toddlers with early cochlear implants
For children with normal hearing (NH), early communication skills predict vocabulary, a precursor to grammar. Growth in early communication skills of infants with cochlear implants (CIs) was investigated using the Early Communication Indicator (ECI), a play-based observation measure. Multilevel linear growth modelling on data from six ECI sessions held at three-monthly intervals revealed significant growth overall, with a non-significant slower g…
Comparison of Caregiver Engagement in Telepractice and In-person Family-Centered Early Intervention
Telepractice—specifically, the use of high-speed internet and interactive videoconferencing technology to deliver real-time audio and video communications between the family and the practitioner—is gaining acceptance as an alternative means of providing family-centered early intervention to families of children who are deaf and hard of hearing. This study examined whether caregivers’ reported perceptions of self-efficacy and involvement differed …
Mothers of Deaf Children in the 21st Century. Dynamic Positioning Between the Medical and Cultural–Linguistic Discourses
Mothers of Deaf Children in the 21st Century. Dynamic Positioning Between the Medical and Cultural–Linguistic Discourses
Traditional research examining the communicational choices made by families with deaf children tends to emanate from the premise that families engage with either of the two grand discourses on deafness (i.e., the medical or cultural-linguistic perspective). This study investigated hearing mother's engagement with the educational options for their child from a dynamic, poststructural perspective. Three Flemish mothers were interviewed in-depth at …
Developing Sound Skills for Reading: Teaching Phonological Awareness to Preschoolers With Hearing Loss
This study evaluated the effectiveness of intervention for developing deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) preschoolers' phonological awareness (PA) skills. Thirty children (mean age 57 months) with aided, bilateral hearing loss (and who primarily communicated using spoken English) were recruited in the year prior to commencing formal schooling. The study used an experimental design with participants assigned to one of two intervention conditions-vocab…
Factors Affecting Psychosocial and Motor Development in 3-Year-Old Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Previous research has shown an association between children's development of psychosocial and motor skills. This study evaluated the development of these skills in 301 three-year-old deaf and hard of hearing children (M: 37.8 months) and considered a range of possible predictors including gender, birth weight, age at first fitting with hearing devices, hearing device used, presence of additional disabilities, severity of hearing loss, maternal ed…
Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children With Hearing Loss and Different Types of Additional Disabilities
This research investigated the speech, language, and functional auditory outcomes of 119 3-year-old children with hearing loss and additional disabilities. Outcomes were evaluated using direct assessment and caregiver report. Multiple regressions revealed that type of additional disability and level of maternal education were significant predictors of language outcomes. Poorer outcomes were achieved in a combined group of children with autism, ce…
First Information Parents Receive After UNHS Detection of Their Baby's Hearing Loss
The first information parents receive after referral through Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) has significant consequences for later care-related decisions they take and thus for the future of the child with a hearing loss. In this study, 11 interviews were conducted with a representative sample of Flemish service providers to discover (a) the content of the information provided to parents and (b) the service providers' assumptions and …
The changing context for sign bilingual education programs: Issues in language and the development of literacy
The widespread implementation of newborn hearing screening and advances in amplification technologies (including cochlear implants) have fundamentally changed the educational landscape for deaf learners. These changes are discussed in terms of their impact on sign bilingual education programs with a focus on the relationships between language and the development of literacy and the changing role of signed language in this process
Who Uses Television Captions, When, and Why? Analyses Based on the Australian Television Caption Users Survey
Despite the popularity of television captioning among deaf and hard-of-hearing Australians and its utility for other sections of the community (e.g., second language learners of English), there is little systematic research on relevant factors in captioning and patterns of caption use. This paper reports data from the Television Caption Users Survey (conducted October–December, 2000), the largest Australian survey to date of caption users' viewin…
Parameters in Television Captioning for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Adults: Effects of Caption Rate Versus Text Reduction on Comprehension
Caption rate and text reduction are factors that appear to affect the comprehension of captions by people who are deaf or hard of hearing. These 2 factors are confounded in everyday captioning; rate (in words per minute) is slowed by text reduction. In this study, caption rate and text reduction were manipulated independently in 2 experiments to assess any differential effects and possible benefits for comprehension by deaf and hard-of-hearing ad…
Ethics and Deafness: A Matter of Perspective
In 2004, a conference was held in Sydney, Australia,entitled Perspectives on Ethics and Deafness. Thequestions underlying the conference were intriguing:What are the ‘‘ethical issues’’ that pertain to deafness?To what extent are such issues culturally relative? Aredeaf and hearing individuals bound by the same ethicalstandards with regard to personal and professionalrelationships involving deaf people? How are ethicaldecisions concerning deaf chi…
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Ethics and Deafness: A Matter of Perspective
In 2004, a conference was held in Sydney, Australia,entitled Perspectives on Ethics and Deafness. Thequestions underlying the conference were intriguing:What are the ‘‘ethical issues’’ that pertain to deafness?To what extent are such issues culturally relative? Aredeaf and hearing individuals bound by the same ethicalstandards with regard to personal and professionalrelationships involving deaf people? How are ethicaldecisions concerning deaf chi…
Parameters in Television Captioning for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Adults: Effects of Caption Rate Versus Text Reduction on Comprehension
Caption rate and text reduction are factors that appear to affect the comprehension of captions by people who are deaf or hard of hearing. These 2 factors are confounded in everyday captioning; rate (in words per minute) is slowed by text reduction. In this study, caption rate and text reduction were manipulated independently in 2 experiments to assess any differential effects and possible benefits for comprehension by deaf and hard-of-hearing ad…
The changing context for sign bilingual education programs: Issues in language and the development of literacy
The widespread implementation of newborn hearing screening and advances in amplification technologies (including cochlear implants) have fundamentally changed the educational landscape for deaf learners. These changes are discussed in terms of their impact on sign bilingual education programs with a focus on the relationships between language and the development of literacy and the changing role of signed language in this process
Who Uses Television Captions, When, and Why? Analyses Based on the Australian Television Caption Users Survey
Despite the popularity of television captioning among deaf and hard-of-hearing Australians and its utility for other sections of the community (e.g., second language learners of English), there is little systematic research on relevant factors in captioning and patterns of caption use. This paper reports data from the Television Caption Users Survey (conducted October–December, 2000), the largest Australian survey to date of caption users' viewin…
First Information Parents Receive After UNHS Detection of Their Baby's Hearing Loss
The first information parents receive after referral through Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) has significant consequences for later care-related decisions they take and thus for the future of the child with a hearing loss. In this study, 11 interviews were conducted with a representative sample of Flemish service providers to discover (a) the content of the information provided to parents and (b) the service providers' assumptions and …
Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children With Hearing Loss and Different Types of Additional Disabilities
This research investigated the speech, language, and functional auditory outcomes of 119 3-year-old children with hearing loss and additional disabilities. Outcomes were evaluated using direct assessment and caregiver report. Multiple regressions revealed that type of additional disability and level of maternal education were significant predictors of language outcomes. Poorer outcomes were achieved in a combined group of children with autism, ce…
Factors Affecting Psychosocial and Motor Development in 3-Year-Old Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Previous research has shown an association between children's development of psychosocial and motor skills. This study evaluated the development of these skills in 301 three-year-old deaf and hard of hearing children (M: 37.8 months) and considered a range of possible predictors including gender, birth weight, age at first fitting with hearing devices, hearing device used, presence of additional disabilities, severity of hearing loss, maternal ed…
Developing Sound Skills for Reading: Teaching Phonological Awareness to Preschoolers With Hearing Loss
This study evaluated the effectiveness of intervention for developing deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) preschoolers' phonological awareness (PA) skills. Thirty children (mean age 57 months) with aided, bilateral hearing loss (and who primarily communicated using spoken English) were recruited in the year prior to commencing formal schooling. The study used an experimental design with participants assigned to one of two intervention conditions-vocab…
Mothers of Deaf Children in the 21st Century. Dynamic Positioning Between the Medical and Cultural–Linguistic Discourses
Traditional research examining the communicational choices made by families with deaf children tends to emanate from the premise that families engage with either of the two grand discourses on deafness (i.e., the medical or cultural-linguistic perspective). This study investigated hearing mother's engagement with the educational options for their child from a dynamic, poststructural perspective. Three Flemish mothers were interviewed in-depth at …
Mothers of Deaf Children in the 21st Century. Dynamic Positioning Between the Medical and Cultural–Linguistic Discourses
Modelling the early expressive communicative trajectories of infants/toddlers with early cochlear implants
For children with normal hearing (NH), early communication skills predict vocabulary, a precursor to grammar. Growth in early communication skills of infants with cochlear implants (CIs) was investigated using the Early Communication Indicator (ECI), a play-based observation measure. Multilevel linear growth modelling on data from six ECI sessions held at three-monthly intervals revealed significant growth overall, with a non-significant slower g…
Comparison of Caregiver Engagement in Telepractice and In-person Family-Centered Early Intervention
Telepractice—specifically, the use of high-speed internet and interactive videoconferencing technology to deliver real-time audio and video communications between the family and the practitioner—is gaining acceptance as an alternative means of providing family-centered early intervention to families of children who are deaf and hard of hearing. This study examined whether caregivers’ reported perceptions of self-efficacy and involvement differed …
Practitioners’ Self-Assessment of Family-Centered Practice in Telepractice Versus In-Person Early Intervention
For infants and young children who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), best practice principles indicate the provision of family-centered early intervention (FCEI). However, factors such as geographical inaccessibility and workforce shortages can limit families’ access to FCEI in their local area. One strategy for overcoming these barriers is telepractice—a method of connecting families and practitioners using synchronous, two-way au…
An interdisciplinary approach to enhance children’s listening, learning, and wellbeing in the classroom: The Listen to Learn for Life (L3) Assessment Framework
Introduction Listening is the gateway to children learning in the mainstream classroom. However, modern classrooms are noisy and dynamic environments making listening challenging. It is therefore critical for researchers from speech and hearing, education, and health sciences to co-design and collaborate to realistically assess how children listen to learn in the classroom and to understand how listening can be improved to enhance children’s lear…
Using orthographic support to reduce the impact of noise on oral vocabulary learning in adults
Background Although most prevalent in childhood, the acquisition of new words in oral vocabulary takes place right across the lifespan. Of the many factors that influence oral vocabulary learning, one extrinsic factor is the listening environment. The current study aimed to examine whether the presence of noise impacts oral vocabulary learning in adult native speakers of English and, if so, whether this can be alleviated by the incidental presenc…
Cultural diversity in early hearing detection and intervention: Service provider perspectives
This study investigated service providers’ perspectives on the barriers experienced by families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds along the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) pathway in Victoria, Australia. Twelve service providers (i.e., hearing screening program staff and diagnostic audiologists) participated in semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. Service providers i…
The Shakespeare sessions: A Qualitative Evaluation of an Online Intervention to Prime Studies With Youth at Risk of Violence
Purpose The aim of this study was to empower young people with the skills to avoid violence irrespective of any in-person, or online, socio-economic barriers to theatrical intervention. There was a reduction in recorded violence committed by children during the COVID-19 pandemic in England and Wales. It was during this time that online interaction became more prevalent, as the technology supporting this kind of interaction became essential. Follo…
Listening to different talkers and its effect on word identification for children using hearing devices
Whether listening to different talkers improves or impedes word identification has important implications for theory and practice. Yet, past research on children with hearing devices shows discrepant findings. This study tested 22 children with typical hearing (mean 5;0) and 20 with hearing devices (mean 4;11) on a remote, online 4-alternative forced-choice task (with a 4-picture display) delivered on iPads, with blocks containing 1 vs. 6 differe…
Psychology (17 works) · Hearing Impairment and Communication (15 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Audiology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works)