Language processing in children with cochlear implants: a preliminary report on lexical access for production and comprehension
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Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages
Published on: March 24, 2023
Richard G Schwartz1, Susan Steinman, Elizabeth Ying
1The Ear Institute and Learning Center, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY 10016, USA. rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu
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.
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