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Verbal coding strategies used by hearing-impaired individuals
Journal of Speech and Hearing Research
|September 1, 1975
Summary
Severely hearing-impaired individuals utilize both sign and semantic strategies for auditory language processing. Semantic coding proved more effective than sign coding for verbal learning in this group.
Area of Science:
- Auditory perception
- Psycholinguistics
- Cognitive psychology
Background:
- Understanding how hearing impairment affects language processing is crucial.
- Previous research has explored various aspects of auditory perception in hearing-impaired individuals.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the perceptual coding strategies used by hearing-impaired individuals in auditory language processing.
- To compare the efficiency of sign-based versus semantic-based coding strategies.
Main Methods:
- A paired-associate verbal learning task was employed.
- Four lists of word pairs were created based on sign and meaning similarities/dissimilarities.
- Severely hearing-impaired subjects were tasked with recalling associated words.
Main Results:
- Hearing-impaired subjects demonstrated the ability to use both sign-based and semantic-based coding.
- Semantic coding strategies were found to be more efficient than sign coding strategies for verbal learning.
- Findings align with existing research and are interpreted through a theoretical perception model.
Conclusions:
- The study highlights the effectiveness of semantic coding for hearing-impaired individuals' auditory language processing.
- This research contributes to understanding cognitive strategies in the context of hearing impairment.
- The findings support a theoretical model of perception in relation to verbal learning.