Journal article
Nonverbal Visual Sequential Learning in Children With Cochlear Implants: Preliminary Findings
Ear and hearing, Vol.40(1), pp.213-217
01/2019
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000564
PMCID: PMC6139094
PMID: 29547477
Abstract
The authors tested the hypothesis that children with cochlear implants (CIs) experience domain-general deficits in sequential learning. Twenty children with CIs and 40 children with normal hearing (NH) participated. Participants completed a serial reaction time task that measured implicit sequential learning. During random sequence phases, the CI group had significantly slower reaction times than the NH group. However, there were no significant differences in the rates of sequential learning between groups. Age at implantation was not significantly associated with learning rate in the CI group. Children with CIs demonstrated nonverbal sequential learning that is comparable to children with NH. Contrary to previous research, early auditory deprivation may not be associated with deficits in domain-general sequential learning, but may affect sequential processing. Further investigation is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying the overall delayed reaction times of children with CIs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Nonverbal Visual Sequential Learning in Children With Cochlear Implants: Preliminary Findings
- Creators
- Kelsey Klein - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAElizabeth WalkerJ Tomblin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Ear and hearing, Vol.40(1), pp.213-217
- DOI
- 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000564
- PMID
- 29547477
- PMCID
- PMC6139094
- NLM abbreviation
- Ear Hear
- ISSN
- 0196-0202
- eISSN
- 1538-4667
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984002424902771
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