Implicit sequence learning in deaf children with cochlear implants

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-82

  Conway, Christopher M ^a   Pisoni, David B ^b,c   Anaya, Esperanza M ^b   Karpicke, Jennifer ^d   Henning, Shirley C ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650135023     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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