Don't speak too fast! Processing of fast rate speech in children with specific language impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perception of speech rhythm requires the auditory system to track temporal envelope fluctuations, which carry syllabic and stress information. Reduced sensitivity to rhythmic acoustic cues has been evidenced in children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI), impeding syllabic parsing and speech decoding. Our study investigated whether these children experience specific difficulties processing fast rate speech as compared with typically developing (TD) children.

Method

Sixteen French children with SLI (8-13 years old) with mainly expressive phonological disorders and with preserved comprehension and 16 age-matched TD children performed a judgment task on sentences produced 1) at normal rate, 2) at fast rate or 3) time-compressed. Sensitivity index (d') to semanti

SUBMITTER: Guiraud H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786310 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature