Hearing Early Opens More Doors: Long-Term Effects of Age at Implantation on Metaphor Comprehension in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cochlear Implants.
Purpose: There is solid evidence that an early age at cochlear implantation, which reduces the period of auditory deprivation, positively impacts early spoken language development. However, there is an urgent need for more research to understand the long-term effects of early implantation on higher...
| Published in: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 1105 - 1126 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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