The Effects of the Faranak Parent-child Mother Goose Program on the Development of Auditory and Vocalization Skills of Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Children Under Six Years Old

Objective Hearing loss (HL) in children can lead to challenges in communication, including delays in verbal and language development. Early intervention should focus on minimizing the negative impact of HL, with particular attention to fostering auditory and social communication skills. Faranak Parent-Child Mother Goose Program (P-CMGP), the Persian-language adaptation of P-CMGP, is used to develop these skills through effective parent-child relationships. This study assessed the effect of the Faranak P-CMGP on the development of auditory and vocalization skills of children who were deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) under six years old. Materials & Methods In this quasi-experimental study, with pre-test, post-test and follow-up, subjects were recruited from two early intervention centers for DHH children and their families in two cities of Bushehr Province, Iran. They were selected through a convenience sampling method and divided randomly into two groups, an intervention group and a control group. Overall, 53 DHH children with their mothers (27 in the intervention group and 26 in the control group) were included in this study. The intervention group participated in 30 weekly sessions (one-hour duration) of Faranak P-CMGP. The Persian version of the questionnaires including Purdy Auditory Behavior in Everyday Life (ABEL) and Kishon-Rabin Production of Infant Scale Evaluation (PRISE) were used to measure the development of auditory and vocalization skills. Results Statistically significant differences were found in the mean scores of the development of auditory and vocalization skills between the children of the intervention and control groups, in favor of the intervention group (P