Verbal Learning and Memory After Cochlear Implantation in Postlingually Deaf Adults: Some New Findings with the CVLT-II

• Published in: Ear and hearing Vol. 39; no. 4; p. 720
• Main Authors: Pisoni, David B, Broadstock, Arthur, Wucinich, Taylor, Safdar, Natalie, Miller, Kelly, Hernandez, Luis R, Vasil, Kara, Boyce, Lauren, Davies, Alexandra, Harris, Michael S, Castellanos, Irina, Xu, Huiping, Kronenberger, William G, Moberly, Aaron C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Cochlear Implantation; Cognition; Deafness - psychology; Deafness - rehabilitation; Feasibility Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Memory; Memory, Short-Term; Mental Recall; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests; Reading; Reproducibility of Results; Speech Perception; Verbal Learning; Vocabulary; Young Adult

Despite the importance of verbal learning and memory in speech and language processing, this domain of cognitive functioning has been virtually ignored in clinical studies of hearing loss and cochlear implants in both adults and children. In this article, we report the results of two studies that us...