Working memory training for children with cochlear implants: A pilot study

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1182-1196

  Kronenberger, William G ^a   Pisoni, David B ^b   Henning, Shirley C ^b   Colson, Bethany G ^b   Hazzard, Lindsey M ^a  

^a Riley Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Deafness; Language; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79961149422     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/10-0119)     Document Type: Article

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