Speech perception in noise in children with learning difficulties: A scoping review

Ferenczy, Marcelle; Pottas, Lidia; Soer, Maggi E.

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111101

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“…Adults with difficulty speech understanding in noise, on the other hand, complain of being tired of listening to or hearing something without understanding the meaning, discomfort from background noise, and misunderstanding of conversations in the presence of competing sounds [2][3][4]. Speech impairment in noisy environments is one of the most important challenges for children with central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) [5], learning disabilities (LD) [6] attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) [7], and hearing loss [8] and likewise for the elderly (over 65 years) [9][10][11][12]. The neurological and processing mechanisms associated with SPIN include pitch perception, neural coding and decoding of temporal and intensity cues, and cognitive skills.…”

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Training Programs for Improving Speech Perception in Noise: A Review

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Understanding speech in the presence of noise is difficult and challenging, even for people with normal hearing. Accurate pitch perception, coding and decoding of temporal and intensity cues, and cognitive factors are involved in speech perception in noise (SPIN); disruption in any of these can be a barrier to SPIN. Because the physiological representations of sounds can be corrected by exercises, training methods for any impairment can be used to improve speech perception. This study describes the various types of bottom-up training methods: pitch training based on fundamental frequency (F0) and harmonics; spatial, temporal, and phoneme training; and top-down training methods, such as cognitive training of functional memory. This study also discusses music training that affects both bottom-up and top-down components and speech training in noise. Given the effectiveness of all these training methods, we recommend identifying the defects underlying SPIN disorders and selecting the best training approach.

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Development of Mandarin Lexical Tone Identification in Noise and Its Relation With Working Memory

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Guo,

Deng

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J Speech Lang Hear Res

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Purpose: This study aimed to examine the developmental trajectory of Mandarin tone identification in quiet and two noisy conditions: speech-shaped noise (SSN) and multitalker babble noise. In addition, we evaluated the relationship between tonal identification development and working memory capacity. Method: Ninety-three typically developing children aged 5–8 years and 23 young adults completed categorical identification of two tonal continua (Tone 1–4 and Tone 2–3) in quiet, SSN, and babble noise. Their working memory was additionally measured using auditory digit span tests. Correlation analyses between digit span scores and boundary widths were performed. Results: Six-year-old children have achieved the adultlike ability of categorical identification of Tone 1–4 continuum under both types of noise. Moreover, 6-year-old children could identify Tone 2–3 continuum as well as adults in SSN. Nonetheless, the child participants, even 8-year-olds, performed worse when tokens from Tone 2–3 continuum were masked by babble noise. Greater working memory capacity was associated with better tone identification in noise for preschoolers aged 5–6 years; however, for school-age children aged 7–8 years, such correlation only existed in Tone 2–3 continuum in SSN. Conclusions: Lexical tone perception might take a prolonged time to achieve adultlike competence in babble noise relative to SSN. Moreover, a significant interaction between masking type and stimulus difficulty was found, as indicated by Tone 2–3 being more susceptible to interference from babble noise than Tone 1–4. Furthermore, correlations between working memory capacity and tone perception in noise varied with developmental stage, stimulus difficulty, and masking type.

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