Working memory in deaf children with cochlear implants using different language rehabilitation approaches
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2024
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Lucie Van Bogaert et al., « Working memory in deaf children with cochlear implants using different language rehabilitation approaches », Revue de neuropsychologie, ID : 10670/1.631113...
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It has been suggested that hearing loss can affect the development of language and working memory. This study examines the impact on working memory of two language rehabilitation approaches adapted to deaf children with cochlear implants (CI): Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT), which enhances auditory skills, and French Cued Speech (CS), a visual-manual tool that complements lip-reading with the addition of manual gestures. The study includes children aged 5 to 11: 56 typically-hearing children, 10 children with cochlear implants who participated in an AVT program, 8 children with cochlear implants with a high level of Cued Speech proficiency, and 19 children with cochlear implants with a low level of Cued Speech proficiency, who thus showed less investment in CS. Working memory skills were assessed using the forward digit span task and the visuo-spatial span task. The results do not replicate previous studies revealing working memory deficits and, on the contrary, suggest that deaf children with cochlear implants achieve verbal and visuo-spatial working memory performance similar to those of typically-hearing children, regardless of the rehabilitation approach and the child’s investment. To better describe the benefits of exposure to Cued Speech and AVT on working memory skills in deaf children using a CI, further research incorporating a broader range of working memory tasks is necessary.
