Language skills and phonological awareness in children with cochlear implants and normal hearing |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;2. Iranian Research Center on Healthy Aging, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran;3. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;1. Department of Neurosurgery, hôpital Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France;2. Université Diderot Paris 7, 75010 Paris, France;3. IMNC, UMR165, 91405 Orsay, France;1. Patientforening Decibel, Rygårdsallé 43, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark;2. East Danish CI Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rigshospitalet, F 2071, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, DK 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark;3. Vestdansk CI-Center / Audiologisk Klinik, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Peter Sabroes Gade 6, Bygn. 14F, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark;4. Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rigshospitalet, F 2071, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, DK 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark;1. Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Hearing Handicapped, ERC, B.T.Road, Bonhooghly, Kolkata 700090, India;2. Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), Delhi, India;1. Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;2. Division of Speech and Language Pathology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;3. HEAD Graduate School, Linnaeus HEAD, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;4. The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;5. Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;6. Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesEarly auditory experience plays a major role in language acquisition. Linguistic and metalinguistic abilities of children aged 5–5.5 years with cochlear implants (CIs) were compared to age-matched children with normal hearing (NH) to investigate the effect of hearing on development of these two skills.MethodsEighteen children with NH and 18 children with CIs took part in the study. The Test of Language Development-Primary, third edition, was used to assess language and metalinguistic skills by assessment of phonological awareness (PA). Language skills and PA were then compared between groups. Hierarchical linear regression was conducted to determine whether the language skills explained the unique variance in PA.ResultsThere were significant differences between children with NH and those with CIs for language skills and PA (p ≤ 0.001). All language skills (semantics, syntax, listening, spoken language, organizing, and speaking) were uniquely predictive of PA outcome in the CI children. Linear combinations of listening and semantics and listening, semantics, and syntax correlated significantly with PA.ConclusionThe results show that children with CIs may have trouble with language skills and PA. Listening, semantics, and syntax, among other skills, are significant indicators of the variance in PA for children with CIs. |
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| Keywords: | Phonological awareness Language skills Cochlear implant Farsi-speaking children |
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