Effects of childhood hearing loss on organization of semantic memory: Typicality and relatedness

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 686-702

  Jerger, Susan ^a,b,d   Damian, Markus F ^c   Tye Murray, Nancy ^a,d   Dougherty, Meaghan ^a   Mehta, Jyutika ^a   Spence, Melanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Callier Center Communication Disorders   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; KNOWLEDGE; MEMORY; ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750630147     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000240596.56622.0c     Document Type: Article

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