Di-syllabic Tone in Hearing-impaired Children and Normal-hearing Children Aged 3~5 Years
- VernacularTitle:3~5 岁听障与健听儿童双字调发音的比较研究
- Author:
Fang ZHANG
1
;
Xin CHAO
1
;
Yang SHI
1
;
Lu HUANG
1
;
Yingping HOU
1
;
Min SHEN
1
;
Fan YANG
1
;
Wei LIANG
1
;
Xibin SUN
1
;
Chunyan QU
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: hearing-impairment, children, di-syllabic tone, speech
- From: Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2014;(5):401-403
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Objective To compare the di-syllabic tone between hearing-impaired children and normal-hearing children. Methods 120 hearing-impaired children and 36 normal-hearing children aged 3~5 years were asked to read aloud 32 word with 16 kinds of di-syllabic tone. Results All the normal-hearing children read all the words correctly, and the hearing-impaired children faulted in pronouncing as their peers. The correct incidence improved in 4-year old hearing-impaired children compared with that of the 3-year old, but it was not significant different between the 4- and the 5- year old. There was not significant difference of the high and level tone between the hearing-impaired children and normal-hearing children. However, the rising, falling- rising and falling tones were significantly different between the two groups. Conclusion The hearing-impaired children aged 3~5 years delay to speech words with di-syllabic tone, especially for those with rising, falling-rising and falling tones.
