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Berta Figueras¹, Lindsey Edwards, Dawn Langdon

¹Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK. berta.figueras@telefonica.net

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Children with hearing loss, whether implanted or not, show lower oral language and executive function (EF) skills compared to hearing peers. Language ability positively correlates with EF in all children studied.

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Developmental psychology
Neuroscience
Speech and hearing sciences

Background:

The interplay between language and executive function (EF) is crucial for child development.
Understanding these functions in children with hearing loss offers unique insights.
Peripheral hearing loss may impact language and EF development.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare executive function (EF) and language skills in children with cochlear implants, nonimplanted deaf children, and hearing controls.
To investigate the relationship between language ability and EF in these groups.
To explore the developmental trajectories of EF and language in pediatric hearing loss.

Main Methods:

Compared 8- to 12-year-old children: cochlear implant users (n=22), nonimplanted deaf children (n=25), and hearing controls (n=22).
Administered tests assessing oral receptive language and various executive functions.
Analyzed performance differences and correlations between language and EF.

Main Results:

Both implanted and nonimplanted deaf children performed significantly below hearing children on oral receptive language and several EF tests.
No significant differences in language or EF performance were found between the implanted and nonimplanted deaf groups.
Language ability showed a significant positive association with EF in all participant groups (hearing and deaf).

Conclusions:

Pediatric hearing loss, regardless of cochlear implantation, is associated with deficits in oral language and executive functions compared to hearing peers.
Cochlear implantation did not yield significant differences compared to nonimplanted deaf peers in the assessed EF and language skills.
Language proficiency is a key factor associated with executive function capabilities in both hearing and deaf children.