ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2018
Executive Function in Deaf Children: Auditory Access and Language Access.
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- Research of visual attention networks in deaf individuals: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Verbal and visual serial-order memory in deaf signers and hearing nonsigners: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2023Pooled it
- Neurocognitive function in children with cochlear implants and hearing aids: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Cochlear implantation before age one or after: cognitive flexibility, planning, and problem-solving in pediatric recipients.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- From early communication to bimodal vocabulary acquisition: A longitudinal study of hearing children with deaf mothers from infancy to school-age years.Bilingualism (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Beyond auditory limitations: Methodological considerations for cognitive Assessment in deaf and Hard-of-hearing children.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- The impact of language proficiency on task-dependent neural activity and functional connectivity: insights from deafness.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2026Article
- Linking brain activation to clinical outcomes: an fNIRS study in cochlear implant users and normal hearing individuals.Neurophotonics · 2026Article
- Executive function and language: a behavioural and functional near-infrared spectroscopy study in 23 normally hearing children and one deaf child with cochlear implants.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Review
- Critical Review of Hearing Rehabilitation in Pediatric Oncology: Specific Considerations and Barriers.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Review
- Early Access to Sign Language Boosts the Development of Serial Working Memory in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Alterations in cortical 40-Hz auditory steady-state response dynamics in children with mild-to-severe hearing loss are related to hearing aid use.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2025Article
- American Sign Language basic clause comprehension strategies used by late first-language learners: Plausibility, animacy, and linguistic structure.Language learning and development : the official journal of the Society for Language Development · 2025Article
- The Default Mode Network and Visual Network Functional Connectivity Changes in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Patients: A Resting-State fMRI Study.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Deafness, Hearing Loss and the Development of Mental State Reasoning Skills: A Review.Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · 2025Article
- A Virtual Reality Platform for Evaluating Deficits in Executive Functions in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children-Relation to Daily Function and to Quality of Life.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Novel Battery to Assess "Cool" and "Hot" Executive Functions: Sensitivity to Age Differences in Middle Childhood.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- An approach designed to fail deaf children and their parents and how to change it.Harm reduction journal · 2024Review
- Assessment of Executive Functions in Children with Sensorineural Hearing Loss and in Children with Specific Language Impairment: Preliminary Reports.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Deaf and Hearing American Sign Language-English Bilinguals: Typical Bilingual Language Development.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2023Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Deaf children are frequently reported to be at risk for difficulties in executive function (EF); however, the literature is divided over whether these difficulties are the result of deafness itself or of delays/deficits in language that often co-occur with deafness. The purpose of this study is to discriminate these hypotheses by assessing EF in populations where the 2 accounts make contrasting predictions. Method: We use a between-groups design involving 116 children, ages 5-12 years, across 3 groups: (a) participants with normal hearing (n = 45), (b) deaf native signers who had access to American Sign Language from birth (n = 45), and (c) oral cochlear implant users who did not have full access to language prior to cochlear implantation (n = 26). Measures include both parent report and performance-based assessments of EF. Results: Parent report results suggest that early access to language has a stronger impact on EF than early access to sound. Performance-based results trended in a similar direction, but no between-group differences were significant. Conclusions: These results indicate that healthy EF skills do not require audition and therefore that difficulties in this domain do not result primarily from a lack of auditory experience. Instead, results are consistent with the hypothesis that language proficiency, whether in sign or speech, is crucial for the development of healthy EF. Further research is needed to test whether sign language proficiency also confers benefits to deaf children from hearing families.
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