Cochlear implants (CI) are the most successful intervention for ameliorating hearing loss in
severely or profoundly deaf children. Despite this, educational performance in children with …

One of the most striking demonstrations of experience-dependent plasticity comes from
studies of sensory-deprived individuals (eg, blind or deaf), showing that brain regions …

Purpose Models of speech recognition suggest that “top-down” linguistic and cognitive
functions, such as use of phonotactic constraints and working memory, facilitate recognition …

Background Impaired auditory speech perception abilities in deaf children with hearing aids
compromised their verbal intelligence enormously. The availability of unilateral cochlear …

Working memory capacity has been linked to performance on many higher cognitive tasks,
including the ability to perceive speech in noise. Current efforts to train working memory …

Objectives: Transfer appropriate processing (TAP) refers to a general finding that training
gains are maximized when training and testing are conducted under the same conditions …

Objective The purpose of this systematic review is to evaluate the published research in
auditory training (AT) for pediatric cochlear implant (CI) recipients. This review investigates …

Atypical pitch processing is a feature of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), which affects non-
tone language speakers' communication. Lifelong auditory experience has been …

Objectives Phonological and working memory skills have been shown to be important for the
development of spoken language. Children who use a cochlear implant (CI) show …

Objective This paper provides a preliminary report of a music-based training program for
adult cochlear implant (CI) recipients. Included in this report are descriptions of the rationale …