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Beula M Magimairaj¹, Naveen K Nagaraj¹, Craig A Champlin²

¹Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Emma Eccles Jones Early Childhood Education and Research Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States.

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Area of Science:

Developmental Psychology
Speech and Language Pathology
Auditory Neuroscience

Background:

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) affects language acquisition in children.
Auditory processing, including speech perception in noise, is crucial for language development.
The specific contribution of auditory skills to narrative comprehension in DLD remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the unique contribution of auditory processing abilities (tone and speech perception in noise) to narrative language comprehension in children with DLD.
To differentiate the roles of speech perception in noise versus tone perception in narrative comprehension.
To control for the influence of short-term memory, vocabulary, age, and non-verbal IQ.

Main Methods:

A cohort of 216 children with DLD (ages 6-9) participated.
Measures included narrative comprehension (Test of Narrative Language), auditory processing (tone and speech perception in noise), phonological short-term memory, and vocabulary.
Regression analyses were performed with covariates including age, speech perception in quiet, and non-verbal IQ.

Main Results:

Narrative comprehension showed positive correlations with most predictors.
Speech perception in noise uniquely predicted narrative comprehension in children with DLD.
Tone perception tasks did not explain unique variance in narrative comprehension.

Conclusions:

Speech perception in noise is a critical factor for narrative comprehension in children with DLD, beyond other cognitive and linguistic skills.
Assessment and intervention for listening in noise difficulties are essential for improving language outcomes in DLD.
Complex listening environments significantly impact language comprehension for children with DLD.