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Stiles, Derek J.; McGregor, Karla K.; Bentler, Ruth A. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background: The more a novel word conforms to the phonotactics of the language, the more wordlike it is and the easier it is to learn. It is unknown to what extent children with hearing loss (CHL) take advantage of phonotactic cues to support word learning. Aims: This study investigated whether CHL had similar sensitivities to wordlikeness during…
Descriptors: Children, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development
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Stiles, Derek J.; McGregor, Karla K.; Bentler, Ruth A. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: To determine whether children with mild-to-moderately severe sensorineural hearing loss (CHL) present with disturbances in working memory and whether these disturbances relate to the size of their receptive vocabularies. Method: Children 6 to 9 years of age participated. Aspects of working memory were tapped by articulation rate, forward…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Vocabulary, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology