Journal article
Evaluating Phonological Processing Skills in Children With Prelingual Deafness Who Use Cochlear Implants
Journal of deaf studies and deaf education, Vol.14(1), pp.1-21
2009
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enn013
PMCID: PMC2638700
PMID: 18424771
Abstract
This study investigated the phonological processing skills of 29 children with prelingual, profound hearing loss with 4 years of cochlear implant experience. Results were group matched with regard to word-reading ability and mother's educational level with the performance of 29 hearing children. Results revealed that it is possible to obtain a valid measure of phonological processing (PP) skills in children using CIs. They could complete rhyming tasks and were able to complete sound-based tasks using standard test materials provided by a commercial test distributor. The CI children completed tasks measuring PP, but there were performance differences between the CI users and the hearing children. The process of learning phonological awareness (PA) for the children with CIs was characterized by a longer, more protracted learning phase than their counterparts with hearing. Tests of phonological memory skills indicated that when the tasks were controlled for presentation method and response modality, there were no differences between the performance of children with CIs and their counterparts with hearing. Tests of rapid naming revealed that there were no differences between rapid letter and number naming between the two groups. Results yielded a possible PP test battery for children with CI experience.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evaluating Phonological Processing Skills in Children With Prelingual Deafness Who Use Cochlear Implants
- Creators
- Linda J SpencerJ. Bruce Tomblin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of deaf studies and deaf education, Vol.14(1), pp.1-21
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/deafed/enn013
- PMID
- 18424771
- PMCID
- PMC2638700
- ISSN
- 1081-4159
- eISSN
- 1465-7325
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2009
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070138502771
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