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Concept Formation Skills in Long-Term Cochlear Implant Users
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Castellanos, Irina; Kronenberger, William G.; Beer, Jessica; Colson, Bethany G.; Henning, Shirley C.; Ditmars, Allison; Pisoni, David B. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2015
This study investigated if a period of auditory sensory deprivation followed by degraded auditory input and related language delays affects visual concept formation skills in long-term prelingually deaf cochlear implant (CI) users. We also examined if concept formation skills are mediated or moderated by other neurocognitive domains (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Surgery
Executive Functioning and Speech-Language Skills Following Long-Term Use of Cochlear Implants
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Kronenberger, William G.; Colson, Bethany G.; Henning, Shirley C.; Pisoni, David B. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2014
Neurocognitive processes such as executive functioning (EF) may influence the development of speech-language skills in deaf children after cochlear implantation in ways that differ from normal-hearing, typically developing children. Conversely, spoken language abilities and experiences may also exert reciprocal effects on the development of EF.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Neurological Organization, Executive Function, Speech Skills
Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, and Vocabulary Knowledge in Children Who Use Cochlear Implants
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Dillon, Caitlin M.; de Jong, Kenneth; Pisoni, David B. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2012
In hearing children, reading skills have been found to be closely related to phonological awareness. We used several standardized tests to investigate the reading and phonological awareness skills of 27 deaf school-age children who were experienced cochlear implant users. Approximately two-thirds of the children performed at or above the level of…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, Vocabulary, Children
Hearing Experience and Receptive Vocabulary Development in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants
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Fagan, Mary K.; Pisoni, David B. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2010
This study investigated receptive vocabulary delay in deaf children with cochlear implants. Participants were 23 children with profound hearing loss, ages 6-14 years, who received a cochlear implant between ages 1.4 and 6 years. Duration of cochlear implant use ranged from 3.7 to 11.8 years. "Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition"…
Descriptors: Children, Speech, Oral Language, Deafness
Contribution of Implicit Sequence Learning to Spoken Language Processing: Some Preliminary Findings with Hearing Adults
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Conway, Christopher M.; Karpicke, Jennifer; Pisoni, David B. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2007
Spoken language consists of a complex, sequentially arrayed signal that contains patterns that can be described in terms of statistical relations among language units. Previous research has suggested that a domain-general ability to learn structured sequential patterns may underlie language acquisition. To test this prediction, we examined the…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Oral Language, Adults, Hearing (Physiology)
Neuropsychological Correlates of Vocabulary, Reading, and Working Memory in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants
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Fagan, Mary K.; Pisoni, David B.; Horn, David L.; Dillon, Caitlin M. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2007
The performance of deaf children with cochlear implants was assessed using measures standardized on hearing children. To investigate nonverbal cognitive and sensorimotor processes associated with postimplant variability, five selected sensorimotor and visuospatial subtests from "A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment" (NEPSY) were compared…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Deafness, Children, Assistive Technology
Nonword Repetition with Spectrally Reduced Speech: Some Developmental and Clinical Findings from Pediatric Cochlear Implantation
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Burkholder-Juhasz, Rose A.; Levi, Susannah V.; Dillon, Caitlin M.; Pisoni, David B. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2007
Nonword repetition skills were examined in 24 pediatric cochlear implant (CI) users and 18 normal-hearing (NH) adult listeners listening through a CI simulator. Two separate groups of NH adult listeners assigned accuracy ratings to the nonword responses of the pediatric CI users and the NH adult speakers. Overall, the nonword repetitions of…
Descriptors: Memory, Word Recognition, Speech, Children