title: Can language acquisition be facilitated in cochlear implanted children? Comparison of cognitive and behavioral psychologists' viewpoints.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study how language acquisition can be facilitated for cochlear implanted children based on cognitive and behavioral psychology viewpoints?
  
  
  METHODS
  To accomplish this objective, literature related to behaviorist and cognitive psychology prospects about language acquisition were studied and some relevant books as well as Medline, Cochrane Library, Google scholar, ISI web of knowledge and Scopus databases were searched. Among 25 articles that were selected, only 11 met the inclusion criteria and were included in the study. Based on the inclusion criteria, review articles, expert opinion studies, non-experimental and experimental studies that clearly focused on behavioral and cognitive factors affecting language acquisition in children were selected. Finally, the selected articles were appraised according to guidelines of appraisal of medical studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Due to the importance of the cochlear implanted child's language performance, the comparison of behaviorist and cognitive psychology points of view in child language acquisition was done. Since each theoretical basis, has its own positive effects on language, and since the two are not in opposition to one another, it can be said that a set of behavioral and cognitive factors might facilitate the process of language acquisition in children. Behavioral psychologists believe that repetition, as well as immediate reinforcement of child's language behavior help him easily acquire the language during a language intervention program, while cognitive psychologists emphasize on the relationship between information processing, memory improvement through repetitively using words along with "associated" pictures and objects, motor development and language acquisition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is recommended to use a combined approach based on both theoretical frameworks while planning a language intervention program.
authors.affiliation: Leila Monshizadeh, Roshanak Vameghi, Firoozeh Sajedi, Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran 1985713834, Iran.
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monshizadeh
authors.affiliation: Leila Monshizadeh, Roshanak Vameghi, Firoozeh Sajedi, Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran 1985713834, Iran.
authors.forename: Roshanak
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vameghi
authors.affiliation: Leila Monshizadeh, Roshanak Vameghi, Firoozeh Sajedi, Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran 1985713834, Iran.
authors.forename: Fariba
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yadegari
authors.affiliation: Leila Monshizadeh, Roshanak Vameghi, Firoozeh Sajedi, Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran 1985713834, Iran.
authors.forename: Firoozeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sajedi
authors.affiliation: Leila Monshizadeh, Roshanak Vameghi, Firoozeh Sajedi, Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran 1985713834, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Basir
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Hashemi
keywords: Behavior; Child; Cochlear implantation; Cognition; Language