Table 5.
Characteristics of preschool- and school-age speech-language pathologist (SLP) and teacher of children who are deaf or hard of hearing (CDHH) professionals.
| Professional characteristics | Preschool |
School age |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLP (n = 68) |
TODHH (n = 58) |
SLP (n = 55) |
TODHH (n = 47) |
|
| Degree level: n (%) | ||||
| Bachelor's | 0 | 14 (24.1) | 0 | 14 (34.1) |
| Master's | 66 (97) | 43 (74.2) | 55 (100) | 30 (63.8) |
| Ed.S. | 1 (1.5) | 1 (1.7) | 0 | 2 (2.1) |
| PhD | 1 (1.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continuing education: n (%) | ||||
| None | 7 (10.3) | 23 (39.6) | 6 (10.9) | 19 (40.4) |
| Day-long in-service | 10 (14.7) | 12 (20.7) | 8 (14.6) | 4 (8.5) |
| One- to 2-week course | 4 (5.9) | 4 (6.9) | 2 (3.6) | 8 (17.0) |
| Semester-long course or more | 47 (69.1) | 19 (32.8) | 39 (70.9) | 16 (34.1) |
| Professional experience: n (%) | ||||
| 0 to 5 years | 32 (45.6) | 22 (37.9) | 18 (32.7) | 8 (17.0) |
| 6 to 10 years | 14 (20.6) | 13 (22.4) | 11 (20.0) | 10 (21.3) |
| 11 to 15 years | 14 (20.6) | 6 (10.3) | 12 (21.8) | 8 (17.0) |
| > 15 years | 8 (13.2) | 17 (29.3) | 14 (25.5) | 21 (44.7) |
| Caseload | ||||
| Total students on caseload: M (SD) | 34.4 (15.9) | 14.7 (10.2) | 40.7 (18.2) | 17.1 (9.9) |
| Total caseload range | 5–80 | 4–50 | 5–87 | 4–45 |
| % of caseload with CDHH a : M (SD) | 29.0 (0.4) | 94.0 (0.2) | 21.5 (0.3) | 97.7 (0.1) |
| % range of CDHH on caseload a | 1.8–100 | 11.4–100 | 1.1–100 | 45.8–100 |
Note. Em dashes indicate data not [obtained/reported/available]. TODHH = teacher of children who are deaf or hard of hearing; Ed.S. = education specialist degree; PhD = doctor of philosophy; CDHH = children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
a
Of the 68 preschool SLPs, one provided the total caseload amount but did not report the percentage of caseload with CDHH.