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Expressive Vocabulary, Morphology, Syntax and Narrative Skills in Profoundly Deaf Children after Early Cochlear Implantation
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Boons, Tinne; De Raeve, Leo; Langereis, Margreet; Peeraer, Louis; Wouters, Jan; van Wieringen, Astrid – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Practical experience and research reveal generic spoken language benefits after cochlear implantation. However, systematic research on specific language domains and error analyses are required to probe sub-skills. Moreover, the effect of predictive factors on distinct language domains is unknown. In this study, outcomes of 70 school-aged children…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Syntax, Early Intervention, Language Skills
How Cognitive Factors Affect Language Development in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
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van der Schuit, Margje; Segers, Eliane; van Balkom, Hans; Verhoeven, Ludo – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The present study investigated the language development of 50 children with intellectual disabilities (ID) and 42 typically developing children from age 4 to 5 years, and was designed to shed more light on the respective roles of phonological working memory (WM) and nonverbal intelligence in vocabulary and syntax development. Results showed that…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Mental Retardation, Syntax, Short Term Memory