Cochlear Implant in the Second Year of Life: Lexical and Grammatical Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Caselli, Maria Cristina; Rinaldi, Pasquale; Varuzza, Cristiana; Giuliani, Anna; Burdo, Sandro
Titel	Cochlear Implant in the Second Year of Life: Lexical and Grammatical Outcomes
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55 (2012) 2, S.382-394 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0248)
Schlagwörter	Comprehension; Assistive Technology; Age; Control Groups; Language Skills; Language Acquisition; Child Language; Deafness; Vocabulary Development; Grammar; Language Processing; Morphology (Languages); Syntax; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Children; Phonology; Auditory Discrimination; Task Analysis; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verstehen; Verständnis; Alter; Lebensalter; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Wortschatzarbeit; Grammatik; Sprachverarbeitung; Morphology; Morphologie; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Fonologie; Aufgabenanalyse; Italien
Abstract	Purpose: The authors studied the effect of the cochlear implant (CI) on language comprehension and production in deaf children who had received a CI in the 2nd year of life. Method: The authors evaluated lexical and morphosyntactic skills in comprehension and production in 17 Italian children who are deaf (M = 54 months of age) with a CI and in 2 control groups of children with normal hearing (NH; 1 matched for chronological age and the other whose chronological age corresponded to the duration of CI activation). The authors also compared children with unilateral CI to children with bilateral CI. Results: Children with CI appeared to keep pace with NH children matched for time since CI activation in terms of language acquisition, and they were similar to same-age NH children in lexical production. However, children with CI showed difficulties in lexical comprehension when a task required phonological discrimination as well as in grammar comprehension and production. Children with bilateral CI showed better comprehension than did children with unilateral CI; the 2 groups were similar for production. Conclusions: Activation of CI in the 2nd year of life may provide children who are deaf with a good opportunity to develop language skills, although some limitations in phonological and morphological skills are still present 3 years after auditory reafferentation. (As Provided).
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