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مقایسه کارکردهای اجرایی در کودکان کم‌شنوای با و بدون کاشت حلزون

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Hearing impairment affects all aspect of individual's life, while applying cochlear implants has been associated with effective outcomes. Present study was aimed to comparison of executive functions in hearing loss children with and without cochlear implants in Tehran city. The present research was a causal-comparative research. The study population included of hearing loss children with and without cochlear implants aged 5-8 years old in Tehran city. Subjects were selected by convenient sampling method. In this study were participated 60 severe and profund children with hearing loss that they consisted of two groups, each of which was consisted of 30 children with hearing loss. First group were selected from children with cochlear implants; while that second group were selected from children without cochlear implants. The instrument of present research was behavioral rating inventory of executive function (BRIEF). The obtained data were analyzed by using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The findings showed that scores mean of executive functions and subscales of Inhibitation, shift, emotional control, working memory, monitoring, in children with cochlear implants was significantly more than the children without cochlear implants (P<0.05); while that scores mean difference of initiate, planning and organization, and organization of material subscales in two groups had not significant (P>0.05). Regarding the results, it can be proposed that consequences of cochlear implants has influenced on executive functions in hearing loss children. So, cochlear implants that of new technologies in hearing impairment domain, which has a very important and mutual role in executive functions of severe and profund children with hearing loss. Keywords: Executive functions, Children with hearing loss, Cochlear implants

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