Word Learning In Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants

Learning words may be facilitated by early exposure to auditory input, according to research presented by the Indiana University School of Medicine at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in San Diego, Feb. 18-22.

The study's principal author, Derek Houston, Ph.D., associate professor, a Philip F. Holton Scholar at the IU School of Medicine, and past DRF grantee, said the study found that deaf children's word-learning skills were strongly affected by their early auditory experience.

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