Executive Function in Deaf Native Signing Children

Autor/inn/en	Kotowicz, Justyna; Woll, Bencie; Herman, Rosalind
Titel	Executive Function in Deaf Native Signing Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 28 (2023) 3, S.255-266 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kotowicz, Justyna) ORCID (Woll, Bencie) ORCID (Herman, Rosalind)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-4159
DOI	10.1093/deafed/enad011
Schlagwörter	Executive Function; Deafness; Correlation; Sign Language; Language Proficiency; Foreign Countries; Age Differences; Children; Task Analysis; Hearing (Physiology); Comparative Analysis; Attention Control; Inhibition; Receptive Language; Parent Child Relationship; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Korrelation; Gebärdensprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Child; Kind; Kinder; Aufgabenanalyse; Gehör; Hören; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Hemmung; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Polen
Abstract	The aim of this study is twofold: To examine if deafness is invariably associated with deficits in executive function (EF) and to investigate the relationship between sign language proficiency and EF in deaf children of deaf parents with early exposure to a sign language. It is also the first study of EF in children acquiring Polish Sign Language. Even though the mothers of the deaf children (N = 20) had lower levels of education compared with the mothers of a hearing control group, the children performed similarly to their hearing peers (N = 20) on a variety of EF task-based assessments. Only in the Go/No-go task were weaker inhibition skills observed in younger deaf children (6-9 years) compared with hearing peers, and this difference was not seen in older children (10-12 years). Hence, deafness does not necessarily impair EF; however, attentional and inhibition abilities may be acquired via a different route in deaf children. Sign language receptive skills predicted EF in deaf children. In conclusion, we highlight the importance of deaf parenting building the scaffolding for EF in deaf children. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01