Alireza Mohseni-ezhiyeh; Salar Farmarzi; mohammad hosseinali zade
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Aim: hearing cochlear implants bring about a positive outcomes for deaf children, but the experience of primary deafness imposes various constraints, one of which is the working memory problem. The present study aimed at developing a neuropsychological empowerment program for students with cochlear implants(NEPSCI) ...
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Aim: hearing cochlear implants bring about a positive outcomes for deaf children, but the experience of primary deafness imposes various constraints, one of which is the working memory problem. The present study aimed at developing a neuropsychological empowerment program for students with cochlear implants(NEPSCI) and its effectiveness on the working memory problems of deaf students with cochlear implants. Method: The present study employed an A-B single-subject research design. The statistical population consisted of students cochlear implants in Isfahan City in the academic year of 2017-2018. 3 students were selected from the population via the purposive sampling method. The research instruments were of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV(WISC-IV) and the Working Memory Rating Scale(WMRS). Accordingly, subjects were observed for 5 consecutive weeks(in baseline state), then the intervention was conducted in eight weeks. After that, during three weeks, variation consistency in the follow-up phase was observed. Data were analyzed through visual analysis. Findings:. During the visual analysis of the data chart, intervention was effective on all three subjects. The percentage of non-overlapping data(PND) in both baseline and intervention phases for all three subjects was 87.5%, 75%, and 100%, respectively. This effectiveness in follow-up phase was still observable. Conclusion: According to the results, it can be inferred that the NEPSCI is a suitable method for reducing the problems of working memory in students with cochlear implants and can be employed in educational and treatment centers.
mohammad hosseinali zade; salar faramarzi; ahmad abedi
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Aim : The aim of the present study was to Effectiveness of Neuropsychological Early Interventions Package on Fine and Gross Motor Performance of Children with Developmental Delay. The research method was a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design with follow-up and control group. The research ...
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Aim : The aim of the present study was to Effectiveness of Neuropsychological Early Interventions Package on Fine and Gross Motor Performance of Children with Developmental Delay. The research method was a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design with follow-up and control group. The research population consisted of 4-6 year-old children with developmental delay who were under training in kindergartens and preschool centers in Tabriz. The multistage random sampling method was employed in such a way that three regions were selected randomly and from each of them, three kindergartens and pre-school centers were randomly selected. The Developmental screening test (Denver-II) was administered on children for screening, and the number of 30 students with development Motor (Fine and Gross)delays and enjoyed inclusion criteria were randomly selected and divided into two experimental and control groups Afterwards a 16-session neuropsychological intervention program was performed on the experimental group and the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed by the repeated measures ANOVA using SPSS- 22. Findings: The results indicated that there was a significant difference between the subjects in the experimental group and control group in terms of Fine and Gross performance in post-test and follow up stages (P Conclusion: As a result, it can be concluded that a neuropsychological interventions package has led to an increase in Fine and Gross Motor performance in children with developmental delays.
