Dawna E. Lewis|Brenda M. Hoover|Sangsook Choi|Patricia G. Stelmachowicz
Relationship Between Speech Perception in Noise and Phonological Awareness Skills for Children With Normal Hearing
Boys Town National Research Hospital|National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders|Boys Town National Research Hospital|National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders|Boys Town National Research Hospital|National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders|Boys Town National Research Hospital|National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
speech perception difficulties experienced children adverse listening environments well documented suggested phonological awareness may related childrens ability understand speech noise goal study provide data allow clearer characterization potential relation typically developing children may result better understanding children learn listen noise well providing information identify children risk difficulties listening noisethirtysix children 5 7 yrs normal hearing participated study three phonological awareness tasks syllable counting initial consonant phoneme deletion representing range skills administered perception noise tasks nonsense syllables monosyllabic words meaningful sentences three key words presented 50 db spl three signal noise ratios 0 5 10 dbamong speech noise tasks significant effect signal noise ratio children performing less well 0db signal noise ratio stimuli significant age effect occurred word recognition 7yrolds scoring significantly higher 5yr olds three phonological awareness tasks age effect existed 7yearolds performing significantly better 5yrolds however examining relation speech recognition noise phonological awareness skills single variable accounted significant part variance performance nonsense syllables words sentences however association vocabulary knowledge speech perception noisealthough phonological awareness skills strongly related reading children reading difficulties also demonstrate poor speech perception noise results study question relation phonological awareness skills speech perception moderate levels noise typically developing children normal hearing 5 7 yrs age research area needed examine possible relations among many factors affect speech perception noise development phonological awareness