Morphosyntactic production and processing skills in relation to age effects and lexical-phonological levels among children with cochlear implants and typically hearing peers: a focus on vowel nasality.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Significant variability in the language performance of children with cochlear implant (CI) is widely recognized in the literature, particularly concerning morphosyntactic (MS) skills. The perceptual limitations of the CI, which can lead to phonological difficulties, may be responsible for this increased vulnerability in grammatical abilities. In this context, the present study focuses on the morphophonemic processing of items distinguished by nasal and oral vowels in the French language - the feature of vowel nasality being known as challenging for the CI population. Links between these performances with chronological/auditory ages and phonological and grammatical production skills will also be explored.

Method

Nineteen children with CIs and 47 children with typ

SUBMITTER: Fagniart S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11897031 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature