Exposure to Canadian French Cued Speech Improves Consonant Articulation in Children with Cochlear Implants: Acoustic and Articulatory Data
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| Title: | Exposure to Canadian French Cued Speech Improves Consonant Articulation in Children with Cochlear Implants: Acoustic and Articulatory Data |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Laura Machart (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2024 67(10):4069-4095. |
| Availability: | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 2200 Research Blvd #250, Rockville, MD 20850. Tel: 301-296-5700; Fax: 301-296-8580; e-mail: slhr@asha.org; Web site: http://jslhr.pubs.asha.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 27 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Deafness, Cued Speech, Oral Communication Method, French, Children, Sensory Aids, Articulation (Speech), Phonemes |
| Geographic Terms: | Canada (Montreal) |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00078 |
| ISSN: | 1092-4388 1558-9102 |
| Abstract: | Purpose: One of the strategies that can be used to support speech communication in deaf children is cued speech, a visual code in which manual gestures are used as additional phonological information to supplement the acoustic and labial speech information. Cued speech has been shown to improve speech perception and phonological skills. This exploratory study aims to assess whether and how cued speech reading proficiency may also have a beneficial effect on the acoustic and articulatory correlates of consonant production in children. Method: Eight children with cochlear implants (from 5 to 11 years of age) and with different receptive proficiency in Canadian French Cued Speech (three children with low receptive proficiency vs. five children with high receptive proficiency) are compared to 10 children with typical hearing (from 4 to 11 years of age) on their production of stop and fricative consonants. Articulation was assessed with ultrasound measurements. Results: The preliminary results reveal that cued speech proficiency seems to sustain the development of speech production in children with cochlear implants and to improve their articulatory gestures, particularly for the place contrast in stops as well as fricatives. Conclusion: This work highlights the importance of studying objective data and comparing acoustic and articulatory measurements to better characterize speech production in children. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1448007 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Purpose: One of the strategies that can be used to support speech communication in deaf children is cued speech, a visual code in which manual gestures are used as additional phonological information to supplement the acoustic and labial speech information. Cued speech has been shown to improve speech perception and phonological skills. This exploratory study aims to assess whether and how cued speech reading proficiency may also have a beneficial effect on the acoustic and articulatory correlates of consonant production in children. Method: Eight children with cochlear implants (from 5 to 11 years of age) and with different receptive proficiency in Canadian French Cued Speech (three children with low receptive proficiency vs. five children with high receptive proficiency) are compared to 10 children with typical hearing (from 4 to 11 years of age) on their production of stop and fricative consonants. Articulation was assessed with ultrasound measurements. Results: The preliminary results reveal that cued speech proficiency seems to sustain the development of speech production in children with cochlear implants and to improve their articulatory gestures, particularly for the place contrast in stops as well as fricatives. Conclusion: This work highlights the importance of studying objective data and comparing acoustic and articulatory measurements to better characterize speech production in children. |
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| ISSN: | 1092-4388 1558-9102 |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00078 |
