Dialog und Bildung in der Vorsprachlichkeit - Zur Situation hörgeschädigter Kinder in der Frühpädagogik

BACKGROUND: From the very first day of life parents are in close contact with their child. They introduce as well other people as the world to their newborn in a mutually dialogical way. Proceeding hand in hand they pass on basic dialogical competences. The research project Dialogic Development of Infants (Horsch et al. 2004-2007) addresses the broad dialogic development of parents and infants within the first 18 months of life. Our objective is to describe these preverbal dialogs. METHODS: Particular emphasis will be placed on these dialogic elements: vocalisation of the infant, dialogic echo and greeting behaviours of the parents and motherese. The empirical data is derived from a longitudinal study within the first 18 months of the infant's life. The data is collected monthly by video recording in the natural setting. Computerized analyses (Interact) are used for the evaluation of the data to study the correlations among variables e. g. vocalisation and dialogic echo of the parents. RESULTS: The results of infants with normal hearing are compared with the data of the deaf or hard of hearing infants and are discussed. CONCLUSION: The educational follow-up of newborn deaf or hard of hearing infants has to follow evaluated results.