title: Effects of a word-learning training on children with cochlear implants.
abstract: Preschool children with hearing loss who use cochlear implants demonstrate vocabulary delays when compared to their peers without hearing loss. These delays may be a result of deficient word-learning abilities; children with cochlear implants perform more poorly on rapid word-learning tasks than children with normal hearing. This study explored the malleability of rapid word learning of preschoolers with cochlear implants by evaluating the effects of a word-learning training on rapid word learning. A single-subject, multiple probe design across participants measured the impact of the training on children's rapid word-learning performance. Participants included 5 preschool children with cochlear implants who had an expressive lexicon of less than 150 words. An investigator guided children to identify, repeat, and learn about unknown sets of words in 2-weekly sessions across 10 weeks. The probe measure, a rapid word-learning task with a different set of words than those taught during training, was collected in the baseline, training, and maintenance conditions. All participants improved their receptive rapid word-learning performance in the training condition. The functional relation indicates that the receptive rapid word-learning performance of children with cochlear implants is malleable.
authors: Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, Room 8310, Medical Center East, South Tower, Nashville, TN 37232-8242. languagelab@vanderbilt.edu.
authors: Emily
authors: E
authors: Lund
authors: Clare Melanie
authors: CM
authors: Schuele
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D060345:Education of Persons with Hearing Disabilities / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007808:Language Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014825:Vocabulary
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