DID YOU KNOW....



The relationship between language and executive function (EF) and their
development in children have been the focus of recent debate and are of
theoretical and clinical importance.



Exploration of these functions in children with a peripheral hearing
loss has the potential to be informative from both perspectives.



This study compared the EFand language skills of 8- to 12-year-old
children with cochlear implants (n 5 22) and nonimplanted deaf children
(n 5 25) with those of age-matched hearing controls (n 5 22).



Implanted and nonimplanted deaf children performed below the level of
hearing children on tests assessing oral receptive language, as well as
on a number of EF tests, but no significant differences emerged between
the implanted and nonimplanted deaf groups.



Language ability was significantly positively associated with EF in both
hearing and deaf children. Possible interpretations of these findings
are suggested and the theoretical and clinical implications considered.



Executive Function and Language in Deaf Children

Berta Figueras, Lindsey Edwards and Dawn Langdon

J. Deaf Stud. Deaf Educ. 13:362-377, 2008



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