Knowland, V.C.P., Evans, S., Snell, C. and Rosen, S. 2016. Visual Speech Perception in Children With Language Learning Impairments. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 59, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_JSLHR-S-14-0269
| Title | Visual Speech Perception in Children With Language Learning Impairments |
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| Authors | Knowland, V.C.P., Evans, S., Snell, C. and Rosen, S. |
| Abstract |
Method - In this cross-sectional study, 41 typically developing children (mean age: 8 years 0 months, range: 4 years 5 months to 11 years 10 months) and 27 children with diagnosed LLI (mean age: 8 years 10 months, range: 5 years 2 months to 11 years 6 months) completed a silent speechreading task and a speech-in-noise task with and without visual support from the talking face. The speech-in-noise task involved the identification of a target word in a carrier sentence with a single competing speaker as a masker. Results - Children in the LLI group showed a deficit in speechreading when compared with their typically developing peers. Beyond the single-word level, this deficit became more apparent in older children. On the speech-in-noise task, a substantial benefit of visual cues was found regardless of age or group membership, although the LLI group showed an overall developmental delay in speech perception. Conclusion - Although children with LLI were less accurate than their peers on the speechreading and speech-in noise-tasks, both groups were able to make equivalent use of visual cues to boost performance accuracy when listening in noise. |
| Journal | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research |
| Journal citation | 59, pp. 1-14 |
| ISSN | 1092-4388 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Publisher | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_JSLHR-S-14-0269 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 01 Feb 2016 |