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Working Memory Spans as Predictors of Word Recognition and Receptive Vocabulary in Children with Cochlear Implants.

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Cleary, Miranda; Pisoni, David B.; Kirk, Karen Iler – Volta Review, 2000

A study investigated whether differences in working memory could account for variance in word recognition and receptive vocabulary skills of children (ages 5-16) using oral communication (n=32) and total communication (n=29). A contribution from working memory was observed only for the span tasks that incorporated an auditory processing component.…

Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cochlear Implants, Deafness, Early Childhood Education