Relational learning in children with deafness and cochlear implants


Autoria(s): Almeida-Verdu, Ana Claudia; Huziwara, Edson M.; De Souza, Deisy G.; De Rose, Julio C.; Cecilia-Bevilacqua, Maria; Lopes, Jair; Alves, Cristiane O.; McIlvane, William J.
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

20/05/2014

20/05/2014

01/05/2008

Resumo

This four-experiment series sought to evaluate the potential of children with neurosensory deafness and cochlear implants to exhibit auditory-visual and visual-visual stimulus equivalence relations within a matching-to-sample format. Twelve children who became deaf prior to acquiring language (prelingual) and four who became deaf afterwards (postlingual) were studied. All children learned auditory-visual conditional discriminations and nearly all showed emergent equivalence relations. Naming tests, conducted with a subset of the: children, showed no consistent relationship to the equivalence-test outcomes.. This study makes several contributions: to the literature on stimulus equivalence. First; it demonstrates that both pre- and postlingually deaf children-can: acquire auditory-visual equivalence-relations after cochlear implantation, thus demonstrating symbolic functioning. Second, it directs attention to a population that may be especially interesting for researchers seeking to analyze the relationship. between speaker and listener repertoires. Third, it demonstrates the feasibility of conducting experimental studies of stimulus control processes within the limitations of a hospital, which these children must visit routinely for the maintenance of their cochlear implants.

Formato

407-424

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jeab.2008-89-407

Journal of The Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Bloomington: Soc Exp Analysis Behavior Inc, v. 89, n. 3, p. 407-424, 2008.

0022-5002

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/40160

10.1901/jeab.2008-89-407

WOS:000255693300008

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Soc Exp Analysis Behavior Inc

Relação

Journal of The Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Direitos

closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #cochlear implant #symbolic function #stimulus equivalence #deaf children #mouse clicks
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article