Visual and Auditory Statistical Learning and Language Performance in Children With Normal Hearing and Children With Cochlear Implant

Received : May 30, 2016 Revision revised : July 16, 2016 Accepted : July 25, 2016 Listening is one of the most important pathways in language acquisition. Person who have severe auditory sensory deficit may not reach normal language performance or language development will be delayed. With cochlear implants and consistent language therapy, over than 60% children with cochlear implant (CI) can reach the normal range of language development (Niparko et al., 2010). However, despite advances in medical technology and the absence of other disorders, large individual differences in language ability are found in children with CI (Eisenberg et al., 2002; Geers, 2003; Geers et al., 2003; Geers et al., 2009; Hawker et al., 2008). It has been reported that the age of implantation (AOI), duration of implant use (DOI),