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Self and mutual speech comprehension by deviant- and normal-speaking children.
Journal of Speech and Hearing Research
|December 1, 1975
Summary
Deviant-speaking children struggled to understand their own recorded speech, suggesting they focus on standard language patterns rather than their unique speech codes. This highlights potential perceptual differences in children with speech production deficits.
Area of Science:
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Developmental Psychology
- Linguistics
Background:
- Children with deviant speech often face challenges in speech production and perception.
- Understanding self-produced speech is crucial for speech development and remediation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if children with deviant speech can comprehend their own recorded utterances.
- To compare the auditory comprehension of recorded speech between children with normal and deviant speech patterns.
Main Methods:
- Two groups of children (normal and deviant speech) listened to recordings of their own and peers' speech.
- Comprehension of imperative sentences with varying intelligibility was assessed.
- Statistical analysis examined main effects for sentence intelligibility and group performance.
Main Results:
- A significant difference in comprehension was found based on sentence intelligibility (high vs. low).
- No significant difference was observed in the overall comprehension performance between children with normal and deviant speech.
- Deviant-speaking children appeared oriented towards the standard speech code of the community.
Conclusions:
- Children with deviant speech may not rely on their own speech patterns for auditory feedback.
- Speech production deficits might involve the application of phonetic reduction rules, simplifying output.
- Further research into perceptual orientation in deviant speech is warranted.