Effects of a Memory-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program on Executive Functions in Students with Hearing Impairment

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

2 MA Student in Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Najafabad, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aims: The memory-basedcognitive rehabilitation program is becoming a useful and practical method to improve executive functions in students with hearing impairment and it seems that using this program has been associated with desirable outcomes. The purpose of the present research was to investigate the effectiveness of memory-basedcognitive rehabilitation program on executive functions in students with hearing impairment.
Materials and Methods: A semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test design, and control group was conducted. The participants were 24 male children with hearing impairment selected from schools in Shahre-e-Kord city using convenient sampling. Participants were divided into experimental and control groups, each group consisting of 12 children. The experimental group received 10 sessions of memory-basedcognitive rehabilitation program, while the control group did not receive this program. The instrument used was Nejati cognitive abilities questionnaire (2013) and the data were analyzed using analysis of covariance in SPSS, version 24.
Results: Findings showed that there was a significant increase in the mean executive function scores of the experimental group post-intervention in comparison with the control group, and the memory-basedcognitive rehabilitation program had a significant effect on the participants’’ executive functions (P<0.001).
Conclusion: The memory-basedcognitive rehabilitation program improved executive functions in students with hearing impairment. Therefore, based on the findings of the present research, it can be suggested that beside other educational and rehabilitation methods for students with hearing impairment, applied memory-basedcognitive rehabilitation be used, too.

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The Scientific Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1
April 2020
Pages 226-232

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  • Receive Date: 11 January 2019
  • Revise Date: 14 July 2019
  • Accept Date: 22 July 2019
  • First Publish Date: 20 March 2020

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