Audiovisual benefits for speech processing speed among children with hearing loss

Rebecca Holt; Laurence Bruggeman; Katherine Demuth

doi:10.21437/AVSP.2019-10

Audiovisual benefits for speech processing speed among children with hearing loss

Rebecca Holt, Laurence Bruggeman, Katherine Demuth

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Abstract

Children with hearing loss face a range of challenges when listening to and processing speech; in particular, they may process spoken language slowly in comparison to normalhearing peers [1]. How then can speech processing speed be improved for children with hearing loss? In this study, a phoneme monitoring task was used to assess whether 7-11year-old children with hearing loss showed faster speech processing when visual speech cues were available compared to auditory-only presentation. Children with hearing loss did receive an audiovisual benefit for processing speed, however this was primarily driven by cases in which the target phoneme in the monitoring task was visually salient. No difference was found between the performance of the children with hearing loss and a control group of children with normal hearing, however the results suggest that children with hearing loss who use hearing aids may receive a greater audiovisual benefit for processing speed than those who use cochlear implants. These findings have implications for practical interventions for children with hearing loss.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing
Place of Publication	Baixas, France
Publisher	International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)
Pages	47-52
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21437/AVSP.2019-10
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing (15th : 2019) - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 10 Aug 2019 → 11 Aug 2019

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Conference	International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing (15th : 2019)
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	10/08/19 → 11/08/19

Keywords

audiovisual benefit
processing speed
children
hearing loss
cochlear implants
hearing aids
phoneme monitoring

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Holt, R, Bruggeman, L & Demuth, K 2019, Audiovisual benefits for speech processing speed among children with hearing loss. in Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing. International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), Baixas, France, pp. 47-52, International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing (15th : 2019), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10/08/19. https://doi.org/10.21437/AVSP.2019-10

Audiovisual benefits for speech processing speed among children with hearing loss. / Holt, Rebecca; Bruggeman, Laurence; Demuth, Katherine.
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing. Baixas, France: International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), 2019. p. 47-52.

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