Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education Year: 2018, Volume: 19 No:3, Page No: 485-509 DOI: 10.21565/ozelegitimdergisi.365076 Received Date: 13.12.17 Accepted Date: 07.06.18 OnlineFirst: 11.06.18
RESEARCH
Relationships Between Reasoning, Verbal Working Memory, and Language in Children with Early Cochlear Implantation: A Mediation Effect Hatice Akçakaya Ankara University
Filiz Aslan
Hacettepe University
Murat Doğan Anadolu University
Esra Yücel
Hacettepe University
Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between reasoning, working memory, and language in children with cochlear implants. A battery of tests of language, working memory, reasoning tasks, and speech perception tests was administered to each child. The participants were twenty-five children with deaf who had cochlear implant surgery before the age of 3. Parallel mediation analysis was conducted. The cause of reasoning is the working memory, however this effect is shown with the indirect effects of receptive and expressive language skills. As a result, activities to improve verbal working memory and receptive and expressive language skills might improve reasoning skills of children with cochlear implants. Keywords: Reasoning, verbal working memory, cochlear implant, language, hearing loss, deaf, mediation.
Recommended Citation Akçakaya, H., Aslan, F., Doğan, M., & Yücel, E. (2018). Relationships between reasoning, verbal working memory, and language in children with early cochlear implantation: A mediation effect. Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education, 19(3), 485-509. doi: 10.21565/ozelegitimdergisi.365076 This
article was produced from the master’s thesis completed by Hatice Akçakaya under the supervision of Professor Esra Yücel, and Murat Dogan and doctoral dissertation by Filiz Aslan under the supervision of Professor Esra Yücel. It was also presented as an oral presentation in the International Congress of Special Education Thessaloniki/Greece (December, 2017). Corresponding author: Res. Assist., E-mail: hakca475@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6508-9809 Dr., E-mail: filizasl@gmail.com, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4267-2126 Associate Prof., E-mail: mudogan@anadolu.edu.tr, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4942-3760 Prof., E-mail: esyucel@yahoo.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0597-6358
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