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Atypical Language Development in Romance Languages
Edited by Eva Aguilar-Mediavilla, Lucía Buil-Legaz, Raúl López-Penadés, Victor A. Sanchez-Azanza and Daniel Adrover-Roig
[Not in series 223] 2019
► pp. 185–198

Executive functions and eye fixations in children with Cochlear Implant

| Universidad Nacional de Colombia
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia

This study is meant to describe the executive functions (EFs) and eye fixation in a group of 13 children with Cochlear Implants (CI) and their controls with the purpose to establish the relationship between the mentioned skills and language. Children with CI showed a significantly lower performance and need more time in tasks of inhibition, mental flexibility, and working memory. Children with CI have different visual fixation patterns in which they tend to stare longer in peripheral areas, which might explain a less effective executive functioning. These findings coincide with the general domain of hearing theory, which states that hearing loss can affect other cognitive domains that are not related with auditory input and has implications for different sensorial systems.

Keywords: Cochlear Implant, ocular fixation, executive functions, language, deafness
Article outline
  • Introduction
    • Methodology
      • Participants
      • Materials
      • Procedure
      • Data Analysis
    • Results
      • Language
      • Executive Functions
      • Visual Fixation Patterns
    • Discussion
  • References
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Published online: 11 June 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/z.223.11dia
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