Abstract |
The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the ability to speechread phonological contrasts is influenced by age. Forty-eight subjects were equally represented in three age groups: 8-9 years, 11-12 years and adults (20-29 years). The Hebrew version of the Speech Pattern Contrast (HeSPAC) test was administered by speechreading alone. Results showed that: age influenced performance; performance was contrast-dependent (place contrasts highly visible, manner and vowel height partially visible and voicing contrast invisible); hierarchy of contrast performance was similar for all age groups; Hebrew and English differ in the visual accessibility to speech contrasts in final voicing only; and females were found to be poorer speechreaders than males for the partially visible contrasts. The results suggest that speechreading at the phonological level follows a developmental course. The implications of these findings extend to recommendations provided to children in noisy listening conditions, speechreading training in hearing-impaired children and those with central auditory processing disorders ( CAPD), and to the design of sensory aids.
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Authors | L Kishon-Rabin, Y Henkin |
Journal | British journal of audiology
(Br J Audiol)
Vol. 34
Issue 6
Pg. 363-74
(Dec 2000)
ISSN: 0300-5364 [Print] England |
PMID | 11201323
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal
- Acanthopanax gracilistylus, extract
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Topics |
- Adult
- Child
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal
- Eleutherococcus
- Humans
- Lipreading
- Phonetics
- Random Allocation
- Sex Factors
- Visual Perception
(physiology)
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