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Direct linkWong, Patrick C. M.; Ettlinger, Marc – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2011
We report two sets of experiments showing that the large individual variability in language learning success in adults can be attributed to neurophysiological, neuroanatomical, cognitive, and perceptual factors. In the first set of experiments, native English-speaking adults learned to incorporate lexically meaningfully pitch patterns in words. We…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Speech, Phonology, Tone Languages
Wong, Patrick C. M.; Jin, James Xumin; Gunasekera, Geshri M.; Abel, Rebekah; Lee, Edward R.; Dhar, Sumitrajit – Neuropsychologia, 2009
Spoken language processing in noisy environments, a hallmark of the human brain, is subject to age-related decline, even when peripheral hearing might be intact. The present study examines the cortical cerebral hemodynamics (measured by fMRI) associated with such processing in the aging brain. Younger and older subjects identified single words in…
Descriptors: Speech, Oral Language, Auditory Perception, Short Term Memory
Wong, Patrick C. M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background and Aims: The current study is a first investigation reporting the speech production characteristics of an early deafened adult cochlear implant user after a course of speech-language treatment. Methods and Procedures: The participant is culturally deaf and received the cochlear implant when she was 43 years old. A 24-week ABCABC…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Assistive Technology, Deafness, Adults
