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Auditory perceptual abilities of formerly misarticulating children
The Journal of Auditory Research
|October 1, 1982
Summary
Children who finished speech therapy performed worse on time-compressed speech tasks. Auditory perception monitoring requires multiple tests, especially at 60% speech compression, to track progress effectively.
Area of Science:
- Audiology
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Children completing speech therapy for articulation disorders may have subtle auditory processing deficits.
- Previous research indicates challenges in auditory perception tasks for children with severe misarticulation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the auditory perception abilities of children post-articulation therapy.
- To compare performance on time-compressed speech and binaural fusion tasks between children post-therapy and controls.
Main Methods:
- 12 children post-therapy and normal controls completed auditory perception tasks.
- Tasks included repeating time-compressed sentences (0-60% compression) and WIPI (Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification) test under diotic/dichotic conditions with varying bandwidths.
Main Results:
- Children post-therapy performed significantly poorer on time-compressed speech, especially at 60% compression.
- No significant difference was found between groups on the binaural fusion task.
- Performance on time-compressed speech at 60% compression showed the highest diagnostic potential.
Conclusions:
- Auditory perceptual abilities in formerly misarticulating children may be compromised, particularly with rapid speech processing.
- A single auditory test is insufficient; a battery of tests is needed to monitor these children.
- Time-compressed speech tasks, especially at higher compression rates, are valuable for assessing auditory processing in this population.
