Comparing online versus laboratory measures of speech perception in older children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Given the increasing prevalence of online data collection, it is important to know how behavioral data obtained online compare to samples collected in the laboratory. This study compares online and in-person measurement of speech perception in older children and adolescents. Speech perception is important for assessment and treatment planning in speech-language pathology; we focus on the American English /ɹ/ sound because of its frequency as a clinical target. Two speech perception tasks were adapted for web presentation using Gorilla: identification of items along a synthetic continuum from rake to wake, and category goodness judgment of English /ɹ/ sounds in words produced by various talkers with and without speech sound disorder. Fifty typical children aged 9-15 completed these tasks on

SUBMITTER: McAllister T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10849252 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature