A Spondee Recognition Test for Young Hearing-Impaired Children

1974 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn D. Cramer ◽  
Norman P. Erber
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Test ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Close Relation ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Hearing Level ◽  
Repeated Testing ◽  
Stable Performance ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Ten spondaic words recorded on Language Master cards were presented monaurally, through insert receivers, to 58 hearing-impaired children to evaluate their ability to recognize familiar speech material. The subjects ranged in age from five to nine years, and their average pure-tone thresholds (500-1000-2000 Hz) ranged in hearing level from 52 to 123 dB (ANSI, 1969). The children were tested individually, on consecutive days, until their performance stabilized—which required from four to 10 sessions. They indicated their responses by pointing to labeled picture cards. Spondee recognition scores were bimodally distributed, with clusters of scores of 0–65% and 66–100%, respectively. In general, pure-tone averages better than 93 dB HTL were associated with spondee scores from 66 to 100%, while pure-tone averages poorer than 103 dB HTL corresponded to spondee scores from 0 to 65%. However, no close relation between pure-tone thresholds and spondee recognition scores was found for average hearing levels between 93 and 103 dB. Recognition scores varied as a function of repeated testing in three general ways: stable performance, steadily improving performance, or inconsistent performance.

Pure-Tone Thresholds and Word-Recognition Abilities of Hearing-Impaired Children

1974 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman P. Erber
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Pure Tone Average ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Degree Of Overlap ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

A recorded list of 25 spondaic words was administered monaurally through earphones to 72 hearing-impaired children to evaluate their comprehension of “easy” speech material. The subjects ranged in age from eight to 16 years, and their average pure-tone thresholds (500-1000-2000 Hz) ranged in level from 52 to 127 dB (ANSI, 1969). Most spondee-recognition scores either were high (70 to 100* correct) or low (0 to 30% correct). The degree of overlap in thresholds between the high-scoring and the low-scoring groups differed as a function of the method used to describe the audiogram. The pure-tone average of 500-1000-2000 Hz was a good, but not perfect, predictor of spondee-recognition ability. In general, children with average pure-tone thresholds better than about 85 dB HTL (ANSI, 1969) scored high, and those with thresholds poorer than about 100 dB scored low. Spondee-recognition scores, however, could not be predicted with accuracy for children whose audiograms fell between 85 and 100 dB HTL.

scholarly journals Language development of a group of hearing impaired children

1970 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alida M.U. Laubscher
Keyword(s):  
Time Lag ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Developmental Trend ◽  
Hearing Level ◽  
Particle Displacement ◽  
Hearing Children ◽  
Verb Inflections ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Spoken samples of language from a group of ten hearing impaired children were analysed with respect to development of occurrence of verb tenses and verb inflections, the development of the kernel sentence and four transformations: conjunction, particle displacement, auxiliary "have" and pronoun. The language samples represented an age range of five—three to nine—seven years. The mean hearing level of the ten subjects, in the better ear was 76dB I.S.O. From the results obtained, general conclusions seem to emerge. Firstly, the earliest acquired verb tense is the present, followed by, or appearing concurrently with, the present progressive. Secondly, the kernel sentence is correctly used at an early age by some children. As age increases, so does the percentage of children using the kernel sentence. From approximately seven years of age, more transformations are used. The transformations conjunction and particle displacement indicated a clear developmental trend towards greater complexity. The conjunction and pronoun transformations were used by a greater percentage of children. The transformation auxiliary "have" appeared much later and less frequently. These developmental trends show strong similarities to the trends observed in normal hearing children by other investigators. There is, however, a time lag in that the hearing impaired children develop these features at a later age and over a longer period of time.

scholarly journals Speech audiometry test in modern Greek language with sentence lists for hearing impaired children

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Κωνσταντίνα Κολούτσου
Keyword(s):  
Pure Tone ◽  
Pure Tone Audiometry ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Speech Audiometry ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
Speech Reception ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Σκοπός: Σκοπός αυτής της μελέτης ήταν η ανάπτυξη της Δοκιμασίας -Τέστ, το G-SEBSAT τέστ, στην ακουστική ομιλία βασισμένο σε προτάσεις για παιδιά με προβλήματα ακοής.Μέθοδοι: Προσλήφθηκαν εβδομήντα έξι παιδιά κατόπιν έγκρισης από την τοπική επιτροπή δεοντολογίας και κατόπιν ενημέρωσης από τους γονείς τους. Η συλλογή του λεξιλογίου βασίστηκε στην προβολή εικόνων που επιλέχθηκαν από δημοφιλείς αναγνωστικές ύλες στα ελληνικά στα παιδιά με προβλήματα ακοής (Hearing Impaired-ΗΙ). Εκπονήθηκε μια γραμματική ανάλυση περιεχομένου για να προσδιοριστούν οι μέσες συντακτικές και μορφολογικές δομές των φράσεων που χρησιμοποιούνται από τα παιδιά της ΗΙ ομάδας . Δέκα λίστες που σχετίζονται με αντοίστοιχες εικόνες, δημιουργήθηκαν με βάση το λεξιλόγιο και τη γραμματική ανάλυση και καταγράφηκαν από έναν άνδρα ομιλητή με μητρική του γλώσσα την σύγχρονη ελληνική. Οι δέκα λίστες παρουσιάστηκαν σε παιδιά με κανονική ακοή (Normal Hearing-NH) και σε παιδιά με HI, ενώ και στις δύο ομάδες καταγράφηκε το μέσο όριο απόκρισης ομιλίας (Speech Reception Threshold-SRT) καθώς και η κλίση της καμπύλης SRT στο επίπεδο SRT των 50% σωστών αποκρίσεων (S50). Οι κατάλογοι καταγγελιών επικυρώθηκαν σε σχέση με τη μεταβλητότητα της δυσκολίας τους σε κάθε ομάδα, καθώς και με τη μεταβλητότητα δοκιμής-επανεξέτασης των αντίστοιχων βαθμολογιών SRT.Αποτελέσματα: Το μέσο όριο απόκρισης ομιλίας (SRT) σε όλες τις λίστες για παιδιά με ΗΙ ήταν 65,27 dB και η κλίση της καμπύλης SRT στο επίπεδο SRT των 50% των σωστών αποκρίσεων ήταν 3,11% / dB. Τα αντίστοιχα αποτελέσματα σε όλους τους καταλόγους για τα παιδιά με NH ήταν 17,66 dB και 9,7% / dB αντίστοιχα. Τα SRT των παιδιών με ΗΙ συσχετίστηκαν έντονα θετικά, με στατιστικά σημαντικό τρόπο με την μέτρηση ακουστικού τόνου (Pure Tone Audiometry-ΡΤΑ) τόσο στις δοκιμασίες όσο και στις δοκιμαστικές συνεδρίες (δοκιμασία: r = 0.750, Ρ <0.0005, επανέλεγχος: r = 0.753, Ρ <0.0005). Η συσχέτιση Spearman των βαθμολογιών των τιμών SRT και των τιμών κλίσης ήταν 0.998 και 0.997 αντίστοιχα για το ΗΙ και 0.939 και 0.88 για την ομάδα με ΝΗ, υποδεικνύοντας πολύ χαμηλή μεταβλητότητα σε όλες τις συνεδρίες δοκιμής και επανεξέτασης. Επιπλέον, η ανάλυση της διακύμανσης (ANOVA) του μέσου SRT στα παιδιά με NH και τα υπολείμματα SRT στην ομάδα με HI έδειξε ότι οι διαφορετικές προτάσεις ήταν της ίδιας δυσκολίας σε κάθε ομάδα. ((F (9,81) = 0,401, ρ = 0,930 και (F (9,93) = 2,241, ρ = 0,025 αντίστοιχα).Συμπεράσματα: Για πρώτη φορά δημιουργήθηκε στην ελληνική γλώσσα επικυρωμένη δοκιμή ομιλίας ακουστικής φωνής. Οι τιμές SRT και S50 και για τα παιδιά με NH και με HI είναι συγκρίσιμες με παρόμοιες δοκιμές που αναπτύχθηκαν σε άλλες γλώσσες.

Acquisition of Spoken and Signed English by Hearing-Impaired Children of Hearing-Impaired or Hearing Parents

1988 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann E. Geers ◽  
Brenda Schick
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Hearing Level ◽  
Spoken English ◽  
Grammatical Analysis ◽  
Hearing Parents ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

This study examines the degree to which hearing-impaired children of hearing-impaired parents (HIP) demonstrate an advantage in their acquisition of signed and spoken English over hearing-impaired children of hearing parents (HP). A subset from the normative sample of the Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language, 50 HIP children and 50 HP children, were matched in terms of their educational program, hearing level, and age. Results indicate that both groups had comparably poor expressive English language ability at 5 and 6 years of age. However, at age 7 and 8 HIP children demonstrated a significant linguistic advantage in both their spoken and signed English over HP children. Because the production of English by HIP children closely resembled that of orally educated hearing-impaired children of hearing parents, consistent language stimulation throughout the child's early years may be a critical factor in the development of English, regardless of the language or mode of expression.

Information Processing of Visually Presented Picture and Word Stimuli by Young Hearing-Impaired and Normal-Hearing Children

1976 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 628-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald R. Kelly ◽  
C. Tomlinson-Keasey
Keyword(s):  
Visual Information ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Word Form ◽  
Recognition Phase ◽  
Impaired Group ◽  
Hearing Children ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Eleven hearing-impaired children and 11 normal-hearing children (mean = four years 11 months) were visually presented familiar items in either picture or word form. Subjects were asked to recognize the stimuli they had seen from cue cards consisting of pictures or words. They were then asked to recall the sequence of stimuli by arranging the cue cards selected. The hearing-impaired group and normal-hearing subjects performed differently with the picture/picture (P/P) and word/ word (W/W) modes in the recognition phase. The hearing impaired performed equally well with both modes (P/P and W/W), while the normal hearing did significantly better on the P/P mode. Furthermore, the normal-hearing group showed no difference in processing like modes (P/P and W/W) when compared to unlike modes (W/P and P/W). In contrast, the hearing-impaired subjects did better on like modes. The results were interpreted, in part, as supporting the position that young normal-hearing children dual code their visual information better than hearing-impaired children.

scholarly journals Audiological Assessment of Hearing-Impaired Children under Age 3 and Their Later Pure Tone Audiometry.

2002 ◽  
Vol 105 (9) ◽  
pp. 920-924
Author(s):  
Yoshifumi Takahashi ◽  
Ayako Sawada ◽  
Yasuko Mori ◽  
Takako Iwaki ◽  
Takayuki Kawashima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pure Tone ◽  
Pure Tone Audiometry ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Vocal/Verbal Response Times of Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Children

1985 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 548-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel G. Fletcher ◽  
Stephen C. Smith ◽  
Akira Hasegawa
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Verbal Response ◽  
Hearing Level ◽  
Response Latencies ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

A series of experiments are reported that contrast vocal/verbal reaction-time measures from 16 normal-hearing and 25 hearing-impaired children 7 to 14 years old. Sixteen of the hearing-impaired children were enrolled in a residential school, 9 in a day school. Vocal reaction time of the children in response to visually presented stimuli was measured in four tasks: phonating "uh", saying the word "one", counting to digits, and naming digits. No significant differences were found between the response latencies of the two hearing-impaired groups on any task. Nor were differences found between the normal and hearing-impaired groups when the task was simply phonating "uh". Differences between these groups began to emerge when the word "one" was spoken. These differences increased systematically with the phonetic complexity of the task. Hearing level, latency in the counting responses, and magnitude of a ratio between phonating and digit counting latencies were identified as major predictors of speech intelligibility. The results suggest that central phonetic processing functions may be related to the quality of speech production by hearing-impaired talkers.

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