Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice ›› 2025, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (7): 853-861.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2025.07.013

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Cognitive inhibition characteristics of children with hearing impairment

CAI Yonggang1(), ZHANG Teng1, LIU Tianqin1, WANG Jianfen2, GAO Xiaohui3, DU Xiaoxin4   

  1. 1. School of Education Science, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China
    2. Liaocheng Special Education School, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China
    3. School of Education Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
    4. Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • Received:2025-02-05 Revised:2025-06-23 Published:2025-07-25 Online:2025-07-30
  • Contact: CAI Yonggang, E-mail:caiyonggang1@lcu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    The 14th Five-Year Plan of Shandong Provincial Education Society (Youth)(2023LXQ009);Chongqing Technological Innovation and Application Development Special Program (Key)(CSTC2021jscx-gksb-N0011)

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the characteristics of cognitive inhibition in children with hearing impairment and the impact of different types of materials on their cognitive inhibition.

Methods From June, 2024 to January, 2025, 21 children with hearing impairment from Liaocheng Special Education School and 20 typically developing children from Guotun Town Central Primary School in Yanggu County, Liaocheng were randomly selected. A directed forgetting task was used in a mixed experimental design. The experimental procedure was presented using Eprime 3.0, and recall performance was recorded through paper-and-pencil tests.

Results Three children with hearing impairment and two typically developing children were dropped down. The children with hearing impairment scored significantly lower on recall tasks than the typically developing children (F = 13.545, P < 0.001). In the typically developing children, recall performance under the memory condition was significantly lower than under the forgetting condition (P < 0.001). In the children with hearing impairment, there was no significant difference in recall performance between the memory condition and the forgetting condition (P > 0.05). Regardless of whether the materials were letters or figures, all the children showed significantly higher recall scores under the forgetting condition compared to the memory condition (P < 0.01).

Conclusion Children with hearing impairment exhibit weaker cognitive inhibition compared to typically developing children. The type of materials doesn't impact individuals' cognitive inhibition performance.

Key words: hearing impairment, children, cognitive inhibition, material type, encoding mode

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