Behavioral Parent Training for Families With Young Deaf or Hard of Hearing Children Followed in Hearing Health Care.
Christina R Studts, Julie A Jacobs, Matthew L Bush, Joneen Lowman, Philip M Westgate, Liza M Creel
PMID 35985319WHAT IT FOUND
This paper outlines a research program adapting behavioral parent training for families of deaf or hard of hearing children.
It reports a small pilot study on feasibility and stakeholder preferences, but no trial results on whether the intervention improves child behavior or language are available.
What this paper is
This article describes a research program and reports a small pilot feasibility study, but it presents no efficacy results for the adapted behavioral parent training intervention. The main randomized trial mentioned is ongoing and has not yet reported outcomes. There is no evidence here that the intervention improves child behavior or language, so there is nothing to change clinical practice on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume this paper provides evidence that behavioral parent training works for deaf or hard of hearing children. It describes the development and feasibility testing of an adapted program, but the randomized trial testing its effects is still ongoing and has not reported results.