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Douglas E H Hartley1, Penny R Hill, David R Moore

  • 1University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Parks Roads, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK. douglas.hartley@physiol.ox.ac.uk

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
|December 10, 2003
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Language-impaired children may not have delayed temporal processing. Instead, their difficulties with backward masking (BM) may stem from reduced processing efficiency, a finding that could reshape communication disorder treatments.

Area of Science:

  • Auditory processing
  • Developmental psychology
  • Speech and language sciences

Background:

  • The temporal processing hypothesis suggests language-impaired children have deficits processing rapid sensory information.
  • Excess backward masking (BM) in these children has been attributed to delayed BM development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the development of backward masking (BM) in typically developing children and adults.
  • To test the processing efficiency hypothesis as an alternative explanation for BM deficits in language-impaired children.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed BM thresholds in 6- and 8-year-old children and adults.
  • Analyzed BM deficits in language-impaired and younger children using a temporal resolution model.
  • Measured BM as a function of tone-noise delays in children and adults to test the processing efficiency hypothesis.

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Main Results:

  • Backward masking (BM) thresholds improve gradually, extending beyond 10 years of age.
  • Analysis suggests poor processing efficiency, not temporal resolution deficits, explains BM differences.
  • Experimental results supported the processing efficiency hypothesis, indicating reduced efficiency accounts for age-related differences.

Conclusions:

  • Backward masking (BM) development is protracted, continuing past age 10.
  • Reduced processing efficiency, rather than temporal resolution deficits, likely underlies backward masking (BM) impairments in language-impaired children.
  • Remediation for communication disorders should focus on enhancing processing efficiency.