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Cassar, Carolina; Tambelli, Renata; Pezzuti, Lina; Lecis, Donatella; Castorina, Silvia; Ricci, Daniela; Fortini, Stefania; Amore, Filippo M.; De Crescenzo, Franco; Lucchese, Franco – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: The objective of the current study was to design and pilot-test a nonverbal intelligence test for children and adolescents with visual impairment (i.e., blindness and low vision) aged 10 to 16 years. Method: A three-dimensional haptic matrix test of nonverbal cognitive abilities (3-DHMT-CA), initially developed for adults with visual…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Adolescents, Visual Impairments, Blindness
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Sara Mascheretti; Chiara Luoni; Sandro Franceschini; Elena Capelli; Laura Farinotti; Renato Borgatti; Serena Lecce; Cristiano Termine – Infant and Child Development, 2024
Limited longitudinal studies have explored the development of reading, along with its predictors, in a language characterized by shallow orthography and a simple syllabic structure. In a 5-year longitudinal study, we investigated the development of reading skills in 327 Italian-speaking children (male: n = 180, 55%) from Grade 1 (mean age = 6.16 ±…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Skill Development, Longitudinal Studies
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Zanchi, Paola; Zampini, Laura; Pancani, Luca; Berici, Roberta; D'Imperio, Mariapaola – First Language, 2021
This work presents an analysis of the intonation competence in a group of Italian children with cochlear implant (CI). Early cochlear implantation plays a crucial role in language development for children who were born deaf in that it favours the acquisition of complex aspects of language, such as the intonation structure. A story-generation task,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology