Detection and Attention for Auditory, Visual, and Audiovisual Speech in Children with Hearing Loss.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Efficient multisensory speech detection is critical for children who must quickly detect/encode a rapid stream of speech to participate in conversations and have access to the audiovisual cues that underpin speech and language development, yet multisensory speech detection remains understudied in children with hearing loss (CHL). This research assessed detection, along with vigilant/goal-directed attention, for multisensory versus unisensory speech in CHL versus children with normal hearing (CNH).

Design

Participants were 60 CHL who used hearing aids and communicated successfully aurally/orally and 60 age-matched CNH. Simple response times determined how quickly children could detect a preidentified easy-to-hear stimulus (70 dB SPL, utterance "buh" presented in au

SUBMITTER: Jerger S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136139 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature