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ArticleCochlear implants international2018

Language processing fluency and verbal working memory in prelingually deaf long-term cochlear implant users: A pilot study.

William G Kronenberger, Shirley C Henning, Allison M Ditmars, David B Pisoni

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Article in Cochlear implants international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

William G Kronenbergera Department of Psychiatry , Indiana University School of Medicine , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
Shirley C Henningb DeVault Otologic Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Indiana University School of Medicine , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
Allison M Ditmarsb DeVault Otologic Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Indiana University School of Medicine , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
David B Pisonib DeVault Otologic Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Indiana University School of Medicine , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
Indiana University School of MedicineIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

Executive Functioning and Speech-Language Skills in Cochlear Implant UsersR01DC015257 · NIDCD · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI KRONENBERGER, WILLIAM G, PISONI, DAVID B · 2017 to 2021
$3.1M
Neurocognitive Processes in Deaf Children with Cochlear ImplantsR01DC009581 · NIDCD · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI PISONI, DAVID B · 2009 to 2013
$3.0M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009581NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC015257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveVerbal working memory (WM) is more strongly correlated with spoken language skills in prelingually deaf, early-implanted cochlear implant (CI) users than in normal-hearing (NH) peers, suggesting that CI users access WM in order to support and compensate for their slower, more effortful spoken language processing. This pilot study tested the feasibility and validity of a dual-task method for establishing the causal role of WM in basic language processing (lexical access speed) in samples of 9 CI users (ages 8-26 years) and 9 NH peers.

methodsParticipants completed tests of lexical access speed (rapid automatized picture naming test and lexical decision test) under two administration conditions: a standard condition and a dual-task WM condition requiring participants to hold numerals in WM during completion of the lexical access speed tests.

resultsCI users showed more dual-task interference (decline in speed during the WM condition compared to the standard condition) than NH peers, indicating that their lexical access speed was more dependent on engagement of WM resources. Furthermore, dual-task interference scores were significantly correlated with several measures of speed-based executive functioning (EF), consistent with the hypothesis that the dual-task method reflects the involvement of EF in language processing.

conclusionThese pilot study results support the feasibility and validity of the dual-task WM method for investigating the influence of WM in the basic language processing of CI users. Preliminary findings indicate that CI users are more dependent on the use of WM as a compensatory strategy during slow-effortful basic language processing than NH peers.

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Cochlear ImplantsAdolescentAdultChildDeafnessExecutive FunctionFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansLanguageLanguage TestsMaleMemory, Short-TermPilot ProjectsSpeech PerceptionYoung AdultCochlear implantDeafnessExecutive functioningLanguageWorking memory

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