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Home-based rehearsal training can help children with Down syndrome (DS) improve auditory verbal memory span. Even small gains in memory for children with DS are significant and warrant further research.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Speech and Language Therapy

Background:

  • Down syndrome (DS) is associated with significant deficits in auditory verbal memory span.
  • Memory span is crucial for language development and learning.
  • Improving memory span in children with DS could enhance their response to language interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate a home-based, parent-implemented intervention aimed at enhancing auditory memory span in children with Down syndrome.
  • To determine if improvements in auditory memory span are linked to specific child characteristics or intervention components.

Main Methods:

  • Sixteen children with DS (ages 6-14) participated in a study involving 3-month periods of auditory memory training using overt cumulative rehearsal.
  • Children were assigned to groups with alternating periods of memory training and visual activities.
  • Memory assessments were conducted before and after each 3-month training period.

Main Results:

  • Children showed improvements during training sessions and a modest increase in digit span, a key measure of auditory memory.
  • Digit span improvements correlated with memory training, language comprehension, and verbal working memory.
  • No significant improvements were observed in sentence memory or broader verbal working memory, but a phonological similarity effect emerged, suggesting enhanced phonological coding.

Conclusions:

  • Home-based rehearsal training offers a potential avenue for improving auditory verbal memory span in some children with Down syndrome, albeit with limited gains.
  • Children with stronger existing language and verbal working memory skills may be the most responsive candidates for this intervention.
  • Despite small improvements, the findings underscore the importance of targeting severely impaired functions in Down syndrome and suggest further research is warranted.