title: Language processing in children with cochlear implants: a preliminary report on lexical access for production and comprehension.
abstract: In this plenary paper, we present a review of language research in children with cochlear implants along with an outline of a 5-year project designed to examine the lexical access for production and recognition. The project will use auditory priming, picture naming with auditory or visual interfering stimuli (Picture-Word Interference and Picture-Picture Interference, respectively) and eye tracking paradigms to examine the roles of semantic and various phonological factors. Preliminary data are presented from auditory priming, picture-word interference and picture-picture interference tasks. The emergence of group difference is briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: The Ear Institute and Learning Center, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY 10016, USA. rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steinman
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Elana Ying
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Mystal
authors.forename: Derek M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Houston
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment / Q000379:methods; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007802:Language; D007804:Language Development; D010700:Phonetics; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D060865:Repetition Priming / Q000502:physiology; D012660:Semantics; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*