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Zhang, Hao; Zhang, Jing; Peng, Gang; Ding, Hongwei; Zhang, Yang – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Pitch reception poses challenges for individuals with cochlear implants (CIs), and adding a hearing aid (HA) in the nonimplanted ear is potentially beneficial. The current study used fine-scale synthetic speech stimuli to investigate the bimodal benefit for lexical tone categorization in Mandarin-speaking kindergarteners using a CI and an…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Mandarin Chinese
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Prodi, Nicola; Visentin, Chiara; Peretti, Alessandro; Griguolo, Jacopo; Bartolucci, Giovanni Battista – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the listening effort made by young children in real classrooms during a prolonged speech reception task in the presence of background noise. Method: The experiment was proposed to 117 typically developing kindergarten and primary school pupils, aged 5-7 years old. An ecological experimental approach was…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Reaction Time, Children, Kindergarten
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Caldwell, Amanda; Nittrouer, Susan – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: Common wisdom suggests that listening in noise poses disproportionately greater difficulty for listeners with cochlear implants (CIs) than for peers with normal hearing (NH). The purpose of this study was to examine phonological, language, and cognitive skills that might help explain speech-in-noise abilities for children with CIs.…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Assistive Technology, Speech