Marinella Majorano, Valentina Persici, Michela Santangelo, Rachele Ferrari, Beatrice Bertelli, Elena Florit, Manuela Lavelli, Tamara Bastianello, Letizia Guerzoni, Domenico Cuda
INTRODUCTION: The narrative skills of children with cochlear implants (CIs) are fragile, but the factors at play and whether these difficulties could be similar to those detected in language impairment are not clear. The present study aims to assess, at the microstructural level, narrative skills, comparing children with CIs with children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) or Typical Development (TD). Furthermore, the relationship between verbal (lexical and morphosyntactic) comprehension and narrative skills across groups is investigated...
March 26, 2024: Journal of Communication Disorders