视觉关节线索对带有耳植入物的儿童识别普通话音的影响
Shanpeng Li1, Yinuo Wang2, Qianxi Yu1
1MIIT Key Lab for Language Information Processing and Applications, School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China.
概括
带有耳植入器 (CI) 的儿童可以从视觉线索中获益,以识别普通话的音调,特别是在杂的环境中. 早期植入进一步增强了这种视觉益处,有助于音色感知干预.
科学领域:
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 语音和听力科学 语言和听力科学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 中国普通话的词汇音调对于含义至关重要.
- 带有耳植入器 (CI) 的儿童在音调感知方面经常面临挑战.
- 视觉关节线索可能有助于听觉视觉语音感知.
研究的目的:
- 调查视觉线索在儿童中对普通话词汇音调识别的促进作用.
- 检查噪声对视觉暗示利用的影响.
- 为了确定早期的耳植入是否与视觉效益的增强相关.
主要方法:
- 106名患有CI的儿童和100名听力正常的儿童参与了试验.
- 一个音调识别任务使用了两种替代的强制选择图片指向范式.
- 仅在音频和视听条件之间进行了比较;分析了与植入年龄的相关性.
主要成果:
- 患有CI的儿童在视听与仅视听条件下表现出更好的音调识别准确性,特别是在噪音下.
- 较早的植入年龄与在杂的环境中获得更大的视觉效益有显著的相关性.
结论:
- 视觉发音线索显著有利于在噪音中识别普通话音调的儿童.
- 早期的耳植入增强了视觉线索对音色感知的有效性.
- 研究结果支持将视觉线索纳入对普通话儿童的干预措施.
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