Comparing pronunciation challenges in South Korean preschoolers with unilateral single-sided deafness due to cochlear nerve deficiency to a norm-referenced standard.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to compare the development of pronunciation in South Korean preschoolers with unilateral cochlear nerve deficiency (CND) to that of age-matched preschoolers with normal hearing, a topic that has not been explored previously. In a retrospective analysis, 25 preschoolers with unilateral CND who had undergone a speech evaluation battery, including a pronunciation and vocabulary test, were enrolled. Utilizing the Urimal Test of Articulation and Phonation and customized language ability tests, pronunciation and vocabulary were assessed. The subjects' speech evaluation scores were converted into age-adjusted z-scores using normal controls' data. While vocabulary performance was within normal limits, their average pronunciation z-score was -2.90, significantly lower than both the

SUBMITTER: Choe G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10889857 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature