Nonverbal Visual Sequential Learning in Children With Cochlear Implants: Preliminary Findings
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TextSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: The authors tested the hypothesis that children with cochlear implants (CIs) experience
domain-general deficits in sequential learning. Twenty children with CIs
and 40 children with normal hearing (NH) participated. Participants completed a
serial reaction time task that measured implicit sequential learning. During random
sequence phases, the CI group had significantly slower reaction times than the NH
group. However, there were no significant differences in the rates of sequential
learning between groups. Age at implantation was not significantly associated with
learning rate in the CI group. Children with CIs demonstrated nonverbal sequential
learning that is comparable to children with NH. Contrary to previous research,
early auditory deprivation may not be associated with deficits in domain-general
sequential learning, but may affect sequential processing. Further investigation
is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying the overall delayed reaction
times of children with CIs.
The authors tested the hypothesis that children with cochlear implants (CIs) experience
domain-general deficits in sequential learning. Twenty children with CIs
and 40 children with normal hearing (NH) participated. Participants completed a
serial reaction time task that measured implicit sequential learning. During random
sequence phases, the CI group had significantly slower reaction times than the NH
group. However, there were no significant differences in the rates of sequential
learning between groups. Age at implantation was not significantly associated with
learning rate in the CI group. Children with CIs demonstrated nonverbal sequential
learning that is comparable to children with NH. Contrary to previous research,
early auditory deprivation may not be associated with deficits in domain-general
sequential learning, but may affect sequential processing. Further investigation
is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying the overall delayed reaction
times of children with CIs.