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Communication Disorders Quarterly
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A Comparison of the Speech and Language Skills of Children With Cochlear Implants and Children With Normal Hearing

Efrat A. Schorr

The Dr. Maurine Kessler Auditory Verbal Education Center

Froma P. Roth

University of Maryland

Nathan A. Fox

University of Maryland

This study explored the language skills of children with cochlear implants (CIs) compared to normal hearing (NH) peers. Standardized speech and language measures, including speech articulation, receptive and expressive vocabulary, syntax and morphology, and metalinguistics, were administered to 39 congenitally deaf children, ages 5 to 14, and a matched sample of NH children. Many CI children demonstrated age-appropriate scores on several language measures, yet their performance was significantly lower than NH peers. Results indicated that (a) age at implant predicted significant variance in receptive vocabulary and short-term auditory memory performance, and (b) duration of CI use predicted receptive syntax performance.

Key Words: language • linguistics acquisition • development • technology • cochlear implants • hearing aids • elementary school age • exceptionalities • deaf • hard of hearing

Communication Disorders Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 4, 195-210 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1525740108321217
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