Executive functions in preschool and school-age cochlear implant users: do they differ from their hearing peers? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Cochlear implant Executive functions Meta-analysis Preschool School-age Systematic review

Journal

European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
ISSN: 1434-4726
Titre abrégé: Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9002937

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 Oct 2023
Historique:
received: 09 06 2023
accepted: 20 09 2023
medline: 11 10 2023
pubmed: 11 10 2023
entrez: 10 10 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Executive functions (EF) play a fundamental role in planning and executing goal-driven behaviours. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate EF skills mastered by preschool/school-age cochlear implanted children (CIC) without morpho-functional abnormalities and to compare their outcomes with typically hearing children (THC). Bibliographic search for observational studies of any language/date up to 16 December 2022 was performed with the following electronic databases: PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. After removal of duplicates, 2442 records were subjected to a three-stage screening process and 83 potentially eligible articles were identified. A total of 15 studies was included in the final analysis: 9 articles directly meeting the eligibility criteria plus 6 more studies thanks to the authors sharing their data set, specifically for participants who met present inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis showed a statistically significant difference only for verbal short-term memory, whereas group differences for visuospatial short-term memory and verbal/visuospatial working memory were not significant. For fluency skills, meta-analysis revealed statistical significance for the semantic fluency task but not for the rapid naming test. Qualitative analysis reflected group similarities in flexibility but CIC's difficulties in auditory attention/planning skills. Controversial findings for inhibitory control skills were observed. EF performance comparisons between CIC and THC show inter-skill and inter-test variances. Due to the paucity of existing studies, present findings should be interpreted with caution. Future research in this domain is strongly recommended.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37816839
doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-08260-x
pii: 10.1007/s00405-023-08260-x
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Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

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© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

Maria Nicastri (M)

Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Hilal Dincer D'Alessandro (H)

Department of Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey. dincer.hilal@gmail.com.

Valentina Baccolini (V)

Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Giuseppe Migliara (G)

Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Antonio Sciurti (A)

Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Corrado De Vito (C)

Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Laura Ranucci (L)

Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Ilaria Giallini (I)

Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Antonio Greco (A)

Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Patrizia Mancini (P)

Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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