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Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages
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Relationship between voice and speech perception in children with cochlear implant
Ana Cristina de Castro Coelho1, Maria Cecília Bevilacqua, Gisele Oliveira
1Centro de Estudos da Voz. anacrisccoelho@yahoo.com.br
Pro-Fono : Revista De Atualizacao Cientifica
|April 11, 2009
Summary
Children with cochlear implants who have better speech perception skills show fewer voice quality deviations. Improved consonant recognition correlates with specific vocal characteristics in pediatric cochlear implant users.
Area of Science:
- Audiology
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Biomedical Engineering
Background:
- Cochlear implants optimize speech perception and oral language development in hearing loss.
- Limited research exists on the link between auditory skills and voice in pediatric cochlear implant users.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between speech perception abilities and vocal characteristics in children using cochlear implants.
Main Methods:
- Acoustic and perceptive analysis of the long vowel /a/ and number counting.
- Comparison with a standardized speech perception protocol assessing word, phoneme, and consonant recognition.
Main Results:
- Higher consonant recognition correlated with increased maximum frequency, fundamental frequency standard deviation, and average intensity.
- Better consonant recognition was also associated with lower standard deviation in voice quality and resonance during perceptive-auditory analysis.
Conclusions:
- Pediatric cochlear implant users with superior speech perception exhibit fewer perceptive-auditory voice quality deviations.
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