scholarly journals Who is Right? A Word-Identification-in-Noise Test for Young Children Using Minimal Pair Distracters

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Samuel Evans ◽  
Stuart Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Word Identification ◽  
Minimal Pair ◽  
Auditory Processing Disorder ◽  
Speech In Noise ◽  
Children And Young Adults

Purpose: Many children have difficulties understanding speech. At present, there are few assessments that test for subtle impairments in speech perception with normative data from U.K. children. We present a new test that evaluates children's ability to identify target words in background noise by choosing between minimal pair alternatives that differ by a single articulatory phonetic feature. This task (a) is tailored to testing young children, but also readily applicable to adults; (b) has minimal memory demands; (c) adapts to the child's ability; and (d) does not require reading or verbal output. Method: We tested 155 children and young adults aged from 5 to 25 years on this new test of single word perception. Results: Speech-in-noise abilities in this particular task develop rapidly through childhood until they reach maturity at around 9 years of age. Conclusions: We make this test freely available and provide associated normative data. We hope that it will be useful to researchers and clinicians in the assessment of speech perception abilities in children who are hard of hearing or have developmental language disorder, dyslexia, or auditory processing disorder. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.17155934

scholarly journals Who is Right?: A word identification in noise test for young children using minimal pair distracters

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Evans ◽  
Stuart Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Word Identification ◽  
Minimal Pair ◽  
Auditory Processing Disorder ◽  
Hearing Impairments ◽  
Speech In Noise ◽  
Perceptual Abilities

Many children have difficulties understanding speech. Reliable tools are needed to identify them in order to provide appropriate interventions. At present, there are relatively few assessments that test for subtle impairments in speech perception that have normative data from UK children. Here we present a new test, which evaluates children’s ability to identify target words in background noise by choosing between minimal pair alternatives that differ by a single articulatory phonetic feature. This new test of single word perception is (1) tailored to testing young children, (2) has minimal memory demands, (3) adapts to the child’s ability and (4) does not require reading or verbal output. Although designed for young children, it is also readily applicable in adults. Here, we show that speech in noise abilities in this particular task develop rapidly through childhood until they reach maturity at around ten years of age. We make this test freely available, with normative data for listeners aged 4-25 years old, and hope that it will be useful to researchers and clinicians in the assessment of speech perceptual abilities in children with hearing impairments, Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), Dyslexia and Auditory Processing Disorder (APD).

Normative data for diagnosing auditory processing disorder in Norwegian children aged 7–12 years

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tone Stokkereit Mattsson ◽  
Turid Follestad ◽  
Stein Andersson ◽  
Ola Lind ◽  
Jon Øygarden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Auditory Processing Disorder

scholarly journals Speech perception capabilities in children a few years after initial diagnosis of auditory processing disorder

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Padilla ◽  
Thierry Morlet ◽  
Kyoko Nagao ◽  
Rachel Crum ◽  
L. Ashleigh Greenwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Initial Diagnosis ◽  
Auditory Processing Disorder

Psychosocial Status of Children with Auditory Processing Disorder

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (03) ◽  
pp. 222-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole V. Kreisman ◽  
Andrew B. John ◽  
Brian M. Kreisman ◽  
James W. Hall ◽  
Carl C. Crandell
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Assessment ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Auditory Processing Disorder ◽  
Psychosocial Status ◽  
Social Skills Rating System ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss

Background: Children with hearing loss often exhibit reduced psychosocial status compared to children with normal hearing. It is reasonable to assume that psychosocial function may also be affected in children diagnosed with auditory processing disorder (APD). However, there are no published studies specifically addressing the psychosocial health of children with APD. Purpose: This investigation examined relationships between APD and psychosocial status, with an aim to examine nonauditory factors that may influence quality of life of children diagnosed with APD. Research Design: A two-matched group design was employed. Participants and their mothers completed appropriate versions of the Dartmouth Primary Care Cooperative Information Project Charts for Adolescents (COOP-A), the Behavioral Assessment System for Children, Second Edition (BASC-2), and the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS). Study Sample: Participants consisted of 19 children (aged 9.5–17.8 yr; mean = 11.9) diagnosed with APD and 20 gender- and age-matched (mean = 12.8 yr) children with no evidence of APD by history or audiological assessment. Primary caretakers (mothers) of the participants also completed psychosocial questionnaires according to their perception of their participating child's function. Data Collection and Analysis: Data were collected at a single visit, following APD diagnosis. Data from each questionnaire were analyzed using appropriate statistical methods for two-group comparisons. Results: Analysis of child reports revealed significantly greater psychosocial difficulty in the APD group on subscales of the COOP-A and BASC-2. Increased problems in the APD group were also reported by parents on subscales of the COOP-A, BASC-2, and SSRS. Eta-squared values for all significant findings indicated moderate to large effect sizes, suggesting findings may be generalized to other children in this age group. No between-group differences were found on any subscale for APD children with or without a confirmed or suspected language disorder. Conclusion: We found that children with APD exhibit increased psychosocial difficulty in several areas compared to children without APD.

scholarly journals Study of Acute and Sub-Acute Effects of Auditory Training on the Central Auditory Processing in Older Adults with Hearing Loss—A Pilot Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (14) ◽  
pp. 4944
Author(s):  
Carla Matos Silva ◽  
Carolina Fernandes ◽  
Clara Rocha ◽  
Telmo Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Speech Perception ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Test Group ◽  
Auditory Training ◽  
Central Auditory Processing ◽  
Speech In Noise ◽  
Noise Test ◽  
Group 1

Background: Impairment in speech perception is a common feature of older adults. This study aimed at evaluating the acute and sub-acute (after three months) effects of auditory training on central auditory processing in older people with hearing loss. Methods: A nonrandomized study was conducted enrolling 15 older adults with hearing loss and an average age of 78.6 ± 10.9 years. All participants underwent a baseline otoscopy, tympanogram, audiogram and speech-in-noise test with a signal-noise ratio (SNR) of 10 and 15 dB. Afterwards, auditory training intervention was implemented consisting of 10 training sessions over 5 weeks. Participants were divided into two groups: group 1 (G1) underwent auditory training based on a speech-in-noise test; group 2 (G2) underwent a filtered-speech test. Auditory processing was evaluated at baseline (T0) immediately after the intervention (T1) and 3 months after the intervention (T2). Results: Group 1 were quite efficient regardless of the SNR in the right ear with statistically significant differences from T0 to T1 (p = 0.003 and p = 0.006 for 10 dB and 15 dB, respectively) and T0 to T2 (p = 0.011 and 0.015 for 10 dB and 15 dB, respectively). As for the left ear, the increase of success was statistically significant for the SNR of 10 dB and 15 dB from T0 to T1 (p = 0.001 and p = 0.014, respectively) and from T0 to T2 (p = 0.016 and p = 0.003). In G2, there was a significant variation only from T0 for T1 in the left ear for an SNR of 10 dB (p = 0.001). Conclusion: Speech perception in noise significantly improved after auditory training in old adults.

scholarly journals Performance of normal hearing school age children on Hindi minimal pair test

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
Subhasmita Sahoo ◽  
Aparna Nandurkar
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Pure Tone Audiometry ◽  
Minimal Pair ◽  
Pattern Perception ◽  
Test Material ◽  
P Value ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Significant Difference

Speech perception is the process of transforming a continuously changing acoustic signal into discrete linguistic units and is a developmental process having several aspects i.e. Pattern perception, Perception of phonemic contrasts, Vowel & Sentence perception. There is no standardized minimal pair test material available for testing Hindi school aged children and no normative data for this test is available in Indian scenario. Such normative data will act as a reference for using of Hindi Minimal Pair Test (HMPT) test with children with hearing impairment in clinical situation. Hence, this study is warranted. The aim of study is to obtain normative data for school aged children on HMPT of speech perception. A total of 200 participants were included in the study. Each subject underwent Otoscopic examination, Oto Acoustic Emission, Pure tone audiometry, Immittance audiometry and Screening for CAPD. This study indicates perception of minimal pair contrast significantly improves as the age increases. P value obtained for comparison between males and females is 0.62 which is greater than 0.05 suggesting no significant difference between mean scores of male and female participants. For age comparison obtained p value is 0.00, suggesting a significant difference between the two age groups. P value of 0.051 for interaction suggests no significant interaction between age and sex statistically.

scholarly journals Speech Perception in Noise Predicts Oral Narrative Comprehension in Children With Developmental Language Disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beula M. Magimairaj ◽  
Naveen K. Nagaraj ◽  
Craig A. Champlin ◽  
Linda K. Thibodeau ◽  
Diane F. Loeb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Narrative Comprehension ◽  
Developmental Language Disorder ◽  
Speech Perception In Noise ◽  
Tone Perception ◽  
Processing Abilities ◽  
Narrative Language

We examined the relative contribution of auditory processing abilities (tone perception and speech perception in noise) after controlling for short-term memory capacity and vocabulary, to narrative language comprehension in children with developmental language disorder. Two hundred and sixteen children with developmental language disorder, ages 6 to 9 years (Mean = 7; 6), were administered multiple measures. The dependent variable was children's score on the narrative comprehension scale of the Test of Narrative Language. Predictors were auditory processing abilities, phonological short-term memory capacity, and language (vocabulary) factors, with age, speech perception in quiet, and non-verbal IQ as covariates. Results showed that narrative comprehension was positively correlated with the majority of the predictors. Regression analysis suggested that speech perception in noise contributed uniquely to narrative comprehension in children with developmental language disorder, over and above all other predictors; however, tone perception tasks failed to explain unique variance. The relative importance of speech perception in noise over tone-perception measures for language comprehension reinforces the need for the assessment and management of listening in noise deficits and makes a compelling case for the functional implications of complex listening situations for children with developmental language disorder.

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