Age or experience? The influence of age at implantation and social and linguistic environment on language development in children with cochlear implants

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1640-1654

  Szagun, Gisela ^a,b   Stumper, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children with cochlear implants (CIs); Language development; Social environment

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PATHWAY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DEAFNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84871773005     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0119)     Document Type: Article

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