From syllables to words: EEG studies on infants' language perception and language acquisition with a cochlear implant

Language skill development in children with cochlear implants and the impact of age at switch-on

“…It is also necessary to distinguish between the impact of ASO, age at test, and length of CI experience (Nicholas & Geers, 2018). There may be an effect of CwCIs being chronologically older at the point of first receiving spoken linguistic input and therefore having further advanced cognitive skills, such as better attention and memory, which support language acquisition (Vavatzanidis et al, 2019). For instance, there is evidence that CwCIs begin to acquire words after a shorter period of language exposure (12 months) than TD children (>14 months) (Vavatzanidis et al, 2019).…”