Verbal processing speed and executive functioning in long-term cochlear implant users.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to report how verbal rehearsal speed (VRS), a form of covert speech used to maintain verbal information in working memory, and another verbal processing speed measure, perceptual encoding speed, are related to 3 domains of executive function (EF) at risk in cochlear implant (CI) users: verbal working memory, fluency-speed, and inhibition-concentration.

Method

EF, speech perception, and language outcome measures were obtained from 55 prelingually deaf, long-term CI users and matched controls with normal hearing (NH controls). Correlational analyses were used to assess relations between VRS (articulation rate), perceptual encoding speed (digit and color naming), and the outcomes in each sample.

Results

CI users displayed slower verb

SUBMITTER: AuBuchon AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4329274 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature