Language skills and phonological awareness in children with cochlear implants and normal hearing

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• 作者：Zahra Soleymani^a ; ^{Soleymaniz@sina.tums.ac.ir" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Najmeh Mahmoodabadi^b ; Mina Mohammadi Nouri^c
• 关键词：Phonological awareness ; Language skills ; Cochlear implant ; Farsi-speaking children
• 刊名：International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：83
• 期：Complete
• 页码：16-21
• 全文大小：311 K

文摘

Early 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.

Methods

Eighteen 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.

Results

There 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.

Conclusion

The 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.