The Production of Question Intonation by Young Adult Cochlear Implant Users: Does Age at Implantation Matter?

Lehnert-LeHouillier, Heike; Spencer, Linda; Machmer, Elizabeth; Burchell, Kristy L.

doi:10.1044/2018_jslhr-s-17-0468

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“…The language development and memory skills were investigated in a limited number of studies with cochlear implanted adolescents using language-based skills. 38 39 40 41 In these studies, similar to our current study, it was found that adolescents who were implanted early had better performance in verbal working memory skills.…”

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Evaluation of Verbal Working Memory and Phonemic Analysis Skills in Adolescents with Cochlear Implant*

Gökay,

Atalik,

Trank

et al. 2023

Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Introduction Adolescents with cochlear implants may have difficulty developing language and memory abilities. Objective The primary objectives of this study are (1) to evaluate the language skills and verbal working memory performance of early and late diagnosed-intervened cochlear implanted adolescents and (2) to investigate the relationship between the verbal working memory and phonemic analysis skills in adolescents with cochlear implant. Methods This study included 72 participants with cochlear implant aged between 10 and 18 years. The participants were divided into two groups; those who had first hearing aid at the age of 6 months at the latest and had a first cochlear implant in at least one ear at the latest at 24 months were included in the early group, all the others were in the late group. The phonemic analysis test, a subtest of the test of language development: Primary, 4th edition (TOLD: P-4) – Turkish version, was used to assess language-based abilities, and the meaningless word repetition (MWR) test was utilized to assess verbal working memory. Results The adolescents with cochlear implants who received early diagnosis and intervention performed statistically significantly better in phonemic analysis scores and verbal working memory tests (p < 0.001). A statistically significant relationship was found between phonemic analysis and verbal working memory skills (Pearson, r = 0.567 and r = 0.659, p < 0.001). Conclusions Rehabilitation of phonological skills can contribute to the development of verbal working memory in adolescents with cochlear implants. There is a need for further studies on this issue with more detailed tests.

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confidence: 88%

Evaluation of Verbal Working Memory and Phonemic Analysis Skills in Adolescents with Cochlear Implant*

Gökay,

Atalik,

Trank

et al. 2023

Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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“…Both early implantation age and longer hearing experience have been widely reported as beneficial for children with CIs' development on segmental and suprasegmental features, see e.g. studies on English, Cantonese and Spanish (Connor et al 2006;Dettman et al 2016;Lehnert-LeHouillier et al 2019;Sundarrajan et al 2019 ). The influence of age at implantation is likely related to a sensitive period in children's central auditory development, which has been suggested to occur between 3;6 and 7 years (Sharma, Dorman, and Kral 2005;Sharma, Nash, and Dorman 2009;Schorr et al 2005).…”

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“…The decreased neural plasticity in late implanted children may adversely affect their neural organisation for audition and cause poor speech performance (Houston and Miyamoto 2010). The beneficial effect of longer device use experience, in turn, is related to language input and oral-aural communication practice (Sundarrajan et al 2019;Lehnert-LeHouillier et al 2019). For example, Sundarrajan et al (2019) demonstrated that children with CIs with longer device use had better consonant accuracy and a larger consonant inventory.…”

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Speech production in Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants: a systematic review

Mayr

Zhao

2021

International Journal of Audiology

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Objective: This study aimed to systematically review and critically appraise the literature describing the phonetic characteristics and accuracy of the consonants, vowels and tones produced by Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs). Design: The protocol in this review was designed in conformity with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. EBSCOhost, PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, ProQuest Central databases were searched for relevant articles which met the inclusion criteria. Study sample: A total of 18 journal papers were included in this review. Results:The results revealed that Mandarin-speaking children with CIs perform consistently more poorly in their production of consonants, in particular on fricatives, have a smaller and less well-defined vowel space, and exhibit greater difficulties in tone realisation, notably T2 and T3, when compared to their normal-hearing (NH) peers. The results from acoustic and accuracy analyses are negatively correlated with CI implantation age, but largely positively correlated with hearing age. Conclusions: Findings of this review highlight the factors that influence consonant, vowel and tone production in Mandarin-speaking children with CIs, thereby providing critical information for clinicians and researchers working with this population.

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“…Along with some recent studies on speech production of users of CI (e.g. Holt & Fletcher, 2010; Lehnert-LeHouillier et al, 2019), in this article, the intonation contours were phonologically transcribed. We made our analysis in line with the AM theory (Ladd, 2008), instead of directly measuring acoustic cues such as F0, duration, and intensity.…”

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Similar use of intonation structure in early implanted children and hearing children: The case of Italian

Zanchi¹,

Zampini²,

Pancani³

et al. 2021

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This work presents an analysis of the intonation competence in a group of Italian children with cochlear implant (CI). Early cochlear implantation plays a crucial role in language development for children who were born deaf in that it favours the acquisition of complex aspects of language, such as the intonation structure. A story-generation task, the Narrative Competence Task, was used to elicit children’s stories. Narrations produced by 8 early implanted children and by 16 children with typically hearing (TH) (8 one-to-one matched considering the chronological age, TH-CA, and 8 considering the hearing age, TH-HA) were analysed considering intonation features (pitch accent distribution, edge tones and inner breaks). Results show that children with CI produce intonation patterns that are similar to those of both TH-CA and TH-HA control groups. Few significant differences were found only between children with CI and children matched for TH-HA in the use of rising edge tones. These results are discussed in light of the role of cognitive development in using prosody and intonation and the importance of early CI implantation. This study shows for the first time that intonation use of early implanted children is not different from that of typically developing children with the same chronological age.

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The Production of Question Intonation by Young Adult Cochlear Implant Users: Does Age at Implantation Matter?

Cited by 5 publications

References 38 publications

Evaluation of Verbal Working Memory and Phonemic Analysis Skills in Adolescents with Cochlear Implant*

Evaluation of Verbal Working Memory and Phonemic Analysis Skills in Adolescents with Cochlear Implant*

Speech production in Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants: a systematic review

Similar use of intonation structure in early implanted children and hearing children: The case of Italian

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