Comparison of the Effectiveness of Captain Log Cognitive Software and Pars Cognitive Rehabilitation Package on Auditory and Visual Working Memory Primary School Students with Hearing Impairment with Cochlear Implantation

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Captain Log cognitive software and Pars cognitive rehabilitation package on the auditory and visual working memory of primary school students with hearing impairment with cochlear implantation.

For the present study, a quasi-experimental method with pretest- posttest- follow-up design with experimental group (two experimental groups: Captain Log cognitive software and Pars cognitive rehabilitation package and a control group) were used. The statistical population of this study includes all primary school students aged 9-11 years with hearing impairment with cochlear implantation who were referred to non-governmental rehabilitation centers in Tehran in 1399. To select the subject, the purposive non-random sampling method was used with random group control. Thus, by purposeful sampling method, 45 primary school students with cochlear implants in the age range of 9 to 11 years who met the inclusion criteria were selected and randomly and equally in three groups (two experimental groups and one control group) (15 people in each group) were assigned. Children in each of the experimental groups, namely Captain Log Cognitive Software and Pars Cognitive Rehabilitation Package, participated in a treatment program for 12 training sessions of 30-45 minutes, two sessions per week. Wechsler working Memory Test (WMS-4) was used for data collection.

For data analysis, the method of mixed-design analysis of variance with repeated measures and Tukey post hoc test as well as SPSS22 software was used. The results showed that Captain Log cognitive software training on effective visual memory (P = 0.001) of primary school students with hearing impairment with cochlear implantation was effective and this effect was stable until follow-up (P = 0.001) but the effectiveness of this package on students' auditory working memory was not significant (P = 0.59). Also, the effectiveness of Pars Cognitive Rehabilitation Package training on visual memory (P = 0.024) and auditory of primary school students with hearing impairment with cochlear implantation was significant and this effect was followed up to the follow-up stage. The results of the Tukey post hoc test also showed that there is no significant difference between the effectiveness of Captain Log cognitive software and Pars cognitive rehabilitation package on visual working memory (P = 0.225) of primary school students with hearing impairment with cochlear implantation. The effectiveness of Pars Cognitive Rehabilitation Package on students auditory working memory was significantly (P = 0.046) higher than Captain Log Cognitive Software.

The results revealed that Pars cognitive rehabilitation package on the auditory and visual working memory of primary school students with hearing impairment with cochlear implantation had significant effect but Captain Log cognitive software only had effect on visual working memory.