Measures of working memory span and verbal rehearsal speed in deaf children after cochlear implantation

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Pisoni, David B ^a,b   Cleary, Miranda ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRODE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0037330898     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000051692.05140.8e     Document Type: Article

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