Imitative production of rising speech intonation in pediatric cochlear implant recipients

Shu-Chen Peng; J Bruce Tomblin; Linda J Spencer; Richard R Hurtig

doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2007/085)

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Imitative production of rising speech intonation in pediatric cochlear implant recipients

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Imitative production of rising speech intonation in pediatric cochlear implant recipients

Shu-Chen Peng, J Bruce Tomblin, Linda J Spencer and Richard R Hurtig

Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.50(5), pp.1210-1227

10/2007

DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/085)

PMCID: PMC3212410

PMID: 17905907

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Abstract

This study investigated the acoustic characteristics of pediatric cochlear implant (CI) recipients' imitative production of rising speech intonation, in relation to the perceptual judgments by listeners with normal hearing (NH). Recordings of a yes-no interrogative utterance imitated by 24 prelingually deafened children with a CI were extracted from annual evaluation sessions. These utterances were perceptually judged by adult NH listeners in regard with intonation contour type (non-rise, partial-rise, or full-rise) and contour appropriateness (on a 5-point scale). Fundamental frequency, intensity, and duration properties of each utterance were also acoustically analyzed. Adult NH listeners' judgments of intonation contour type and contour appropriateness for each CI participant's utterances were highly positively correlated. The pediatric CI recipients did not consistently use appropriate intonation contours when imitating a yes-no question. Acoustic properties of speech intonation produced by these individuals were discernible among utterances of different intonation contour types according to NH listeners' perceptual judgments. These findings delineated the perceptual and acoustic characteristics of speech intonation imitated by prelingually deafened children and young adults with a CI. Future studies should address whether the degraded signals these individuals perceive via a CI contribute to their difficulties with speech intonation production.

Verbal Behavior

Humans

Speech Production Measurement

Child, Preschool

Correction of Hearing Impairment

Male

Deafness - psychology

Speech Acoustics

Imitative Behavior

Female

Speech

Cochlear Implants

Deafness - rehabilitation

Deafness - surgery

Child

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Title: Subtitle: Imitative production of rising speech intonation in pediatric cochlear implant recipients
Creators: Shu-Chen Peng - University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. speng@hesp.umd.edu
J Bruce Tomblin
Linda J Spencer
Richard R Hurtig
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.50(5), pp.1210-1227
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/085)
PMID: 17905907
PMCID: PMC3212410
NLM abbreviation: J Speech Lang Hear Res
ISSN: 1092-4388
eISSN: 1558-9102
Publisher: United States
Grant note: P50 DC000242 / NIDCD NIH HHS P50 DC00242 / NIDCD NIH HHS P50 DC000242-15 / NIDCD NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 10/2007
Academic Unit: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984072092302771

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