Compared speaking rates, digit span, and speech timing in profoundly deaf 8- and 9-year-olds with cochlear implants and normal-hearing children. Found that deaf children displayed longer sentence durations and pauses during recall and shorter digit spans than normal-hearing children. Articulation rates strongly correlated with immediate memory span in both groups. Findings demonstrated that subvocal verbal rehearsal speed and memory scanning processes are not only dependent on chronological age. (Author/KB)