Language and theory-of-mind development in prelingually deafened children with cochlear implants: A preliminary investigation

Cochlear Implants International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Macaulay, Catrin E ^a   Ford, Ruth M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Language; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34147152242     PISSN: 14670100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cii.22     Document Type: Article

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