Purpose Executive functions (EF) play a fundamental role in planning and executing goal-
driven behaviours. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to …

Purpose: Understanding what is known about the language profiles of children with hearing
loss (CHL) is vital so that researchers and teachers can identify the specific complex …

Although extensive research has focused on the perceptual abilities of second language
(L2) learners, a significant gap persists in understanding how cognitive functions like …

Extent evidence has shown that morphosyntax is one of the most challenging linguistic
areas for children with atypical early language experiences. Over the last couple of years …

Purpose: Children with hearing loss (CHL) who use hearing devices (cochlear implants or
hearing aids) and communicate orally have trouble comprehending sentences with …

Previous research has shown that the production of third-person singular accusative object
clitics (3DO clitics) might be taxing in Italian-speaking pre-school children with cochlear …

The research studies presented in this special issue rest on two assumptions: firstly, that
limitations in verbal short-term memory and verbal working memory (vSTM/WM) capacity are …

Difficulty in acquiring object clitics (OCs), and the omission of OCs more specifically, is used
as a marker of developmental language disorder (DLD) in children learning French …

Cochlear implants (CIs) can provide proper linguistic input to children with severe to
profound sensorineural hearing loss. However, despite an early diagnosis and intervention …

Deaf individuals allegedly show significant difficulties with the comprehen sion and
production of the morphosyntactic elements of oral languages such as Italian. However …