The Effect of Cognitive-Remediation Therapy Program on Neuropsychological Skills Profile of Pre-school Hearing Loss Children

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the cognitive-remediation therapy program on the neuropsychological skills profile of preschool hearing loss children in Isfahan city.

The present research was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test design, and control group. The participants were 28 preschool hearing loss of children aged 5-6 years old. Subjects were selected by a convenient sampling method from the rehabilitation center of Ava mother-child. They were divided into experimental and control groups, each group consisting of 14 children. The experimental group received of cognitive-remediation therapy program in 10 sessions (40 minutes per session), while the control group did not. Data gathering tools were Raven progressive matrices test and neuropsychological Conner's questionnaire. Data were collected before and after the training sessions. Data were analyzed using MANCOVA.  

The results revealed that cognitive-remediation therapy had a significant effect on neuropsychological skills and all subscales (attention problems, sensory-motor function, language function, memory and learning, executive functions and cognitive processing) in the experimental group (P<0.001).

Cognitive-remediation therapy improved the neuropsychological skills profile of preschool hearing loss children. In fact, this program improves neuropsychological skills through cognitive activities.