Examination of Cognitive and Information Processing in Students with Hearing Impairment Using the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children Second Edition

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381348
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Hiroshima International University
• Principal Investigator: Kunisue Kazuya 広島国際大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (90441154)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 聴覚障害 / 大学生 / KABC-Ⅱ / 認知情報処理 / 継次処理 / 短期記憶 / 言語力 / 学力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined cognitive and information processing functions that support verbal and academic abilities, as well as factors affecting academic ability in individuals with hearing impairment by administering the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children Second Edition (KABC-II), an instrument administered individually to assess cognitive processing and academic abilities, on university students with and without hearing impairment. Results suggested that hearing impairment might be a disability-characteristic factor that affects the individual’s performance on “sequential processing” and verbal “short-term memory.” Furthermore, students with hearing impairment demonstrated weaker performances in abstract inference and logical thinking that may be due to their accumulated experience of studying utilizing memory strategies where they visualize or storyline language and life experiences since their childhood. However, they demonstrated similar basic verbal abilities as hearing students.

Free Research Field

教育学、特別支援教育、聴覚障害、認知情報処理