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Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages
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Investigating Vocal Emotion Perception Using Auditory Emotion Recognition Task in Hindi-Speaking Children With
Nityansh Saluja1, Anchal Chaudhary2, Himanshu Verma3
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu, India.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR
|March 27, 2026
Summary
Children with cochlear implants (CIs) show slower and less accurate vocal emotion recognition compared to typically hearing peers. This highlights challenges in processing emotional prosody for CI users.
Area of Science:
- Audiology
- Developmental Psychology
- Speech and Hearing Sciences
Background:
- Vocal emotion perception is crucial for social communication.
- Cochlear implants (CIs) aim to restore hearing but may impact auditory processing nuances.
- Previous research on pediatric CI users often focused solely on accuracy, neglecting processing efficiency.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate vocal emotion perception in Hindi-speaking children with CIs versus normal hearing (NH) peers.
- To evaluate both accuracy and reaction time (RT) for recognizing five vocal emotions: happy, sad, angry, fear, and surprise.
- To provide a behavioral measure of processing efficiency in pediatric CI users.
Main Methods:
- A comparative study involving 10 children with CIs and 10 NH children (aged 4-12).
- Auditory presentation of 50 validated Hindi sentences with emotional intonation, followed by image selection.
- Recording of accuracy and reaction times (RTs) using DMDX software, with statistical analysis via ANOVAs and Kruskal-Wallis tests.
Main Results:
- Children with CIs exhibited significantly lower accuracy and longer RTs across all five tested emotions compared to NH children.
- A significant main effect of group on accuracy (p=.013) and RT (p<.001) was observed.
- Specifically, CI users showed lower accuracy for angry emotions and slower responses overall (mean RT = 5.57s vs 3.62s).
Conclusions:
- Pediatric CI users demonstrate impaired speed and accuracy in vocal emotion identification, suggesting difficulties with emotional prosody processing.
- Findings underscore the necessity of incorporating explicit emotional prosody training into auditory rehabilitation for pediatric CI users.
- Improved emotional prosody processing can enhance social communication outcomes for children with CIs.
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