The Comparative Study of Intonation Pronunciation in Preschool Children with Hearing Impairments and Normal Children
10.3969/j.issn.1006-7299.2016.03.002
- VernacularTitle:学龄前听障儿童与健听儿童不同语句的语调声学特点比较
- Author:
Ling YI
;
Lei ZHANG
;
Jing ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Children with hearing impairments;
Intonation;
Boundary tone
- From:
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology
2016;24(3):224-227
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective This study aims to study the characteristics of intonation pronunciation in preschool children with hearing impairments .Methods A total of 30 of 4~5 years old children with hearing impairment and 30 of 4~5 years old children with normal hearing were enrolled in this study .With statement intonation and ques-tion intonation as test material ,the compartment between the children in two groups were obtained .Results Pre-school children were generally increased the ending point and slope to distinguish statement intonation .There were still differences between hearing -impaired children and normal children .Under statement intonation condition :the children with hearing impairments showed a significantly lower level of the slope of the high and level boundary tone than the normal children ,the starting point and the ending point of the falling boundary tone in hearing -impaired children were significantly lower than those of in normal children ;Meanwhile ,under question intonation condition :com-pared with normal children ,the slope of the high and level boundary tone ,the rising boundary tone and the falling -rising boundary tone in hearing -impaired children were significantly lower .The starting point ,the ending point ,the high and level boundary tone ,and the falling boundary tone in hearing -impaired children were significantly lower .Conclusion To implement targeted therapy during question intonation training for hearing -impaired children ,the acoustics characteristics of boundary tone are required to assess and monitor the effectiveness of rehabilitation .
