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Development of Phonological Lexical and Syntactic Abilities in Children With Cochlear Implants Across The Elementary Grades
Development of Phonological Lexical and Syntactic Abilities in Children With Cochlear Implants Across The Elementary Grades
Lexical, and
Syntactic Abilities in
Children with
Cochlear Implants
Emma Hinzman
Research Aims
● Phonological Level
○ Involves sounds and their structure
○ Important for understanding spoken
language
● Lexical Level
○ Focuses on words and vocabulary
○ Essential for building language
comprehension
● Morpho-Syntactic Level
○ Concerns sentence structure and
grammar
○ Crucial for constructing and
understanding sentences
Participants
● Study strengths:
● Long-term perspective (2nd to 6th grade)
● Diverse testing and assessment tools
● Larger sample size
● Study weaknesses:
● Limited diversity in the study population
● Need for more exploration of the benefits of bimodal
experience
RESOURCES
Nittrouer, S., Muir, M., Tietgens, K., Moberly, A. C., & Lowenstein,
J. H. (2018). Development of phonological, lexical, and
syntactic abilities in children with cochlear implants across
the elementary grades. Journal of Speech, Language, and
Hearing Research, 61(10), 2561–2577.
https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_jslhr-h-18-0047