Fueling Spoken Language Development through Auditory Access
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| Title: | Fueling Spoken Language Development through Auditory Access |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ryan McCreery |
| Source: | Volta Review. 2024 124(1):29-35. |
| Availability: | Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. 3417 Volta Place NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-337-5220; Fax: 202-337-8314; e-mail: periodicals@agbell.org; Web site: https://www.agbell.org/Advocacy/Volta-Review |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Descriptors: | Children, Oral Language, Speech Communication, Language Acquisition, Hearing Impairments, Audiology, Auditory Evaluation, Hearing (Physiology), Auditory Tests |
| ISSN: | 0042-8639 2162-5158 |
| Abstract: | Children can only develop spoken language through consistent exposure to the acoustic cues that comprise speech and language. Until recently, hearing levels from the clinical audiogram were the primary measure used to define typical hearing and the presence or degree of a child's hearing loss. While the clinical audiogram remains an important diagnostic measure for audiologists, the degree of hearing loss from the audiogram is an inconsistent indicator of a child's functional hearing capacity, particularly once the child is fitted with hearing aids or cochlear implants. Speech audibility is an estimate of a child's access to the acoustic cues that comprise spoken language and have recently been used to accurately quantify a child's functional hearing levels with and without devices. This article will review the limitations of quantifying auditory access based on the clinical audiogram, as well as approaches for estimating speech audibility for children with hearing loss. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Access URL: | https://agbell.org/docs-category/volta-review/ |
| Accession Number: | EJ1455387 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Children can only develop spoken language through consistent exposure to the acoustic cues that comprise speech and language. Until recently, hearing levels from the clinical audiogram were the primary measure used to define typical hearing and the presence or degree of a child's hearing loss. While the clinical audiogram remains an important diagnostic measure for audiologists, the degree of hearing loss from the audiogram is an inconsistent indicator of a child's functional hearing capacity, particularly once the child is fitted with hearing aids or cochlear implants. Speech audibility is an estimate of a child's access to the acoustic cues that comprise spoken language and have recently been used to accurately quantify a child's functional hearing levels with and without devices. This article will review the limitations of quantifying auditory access based on the clinical audiogram, as well as approaches for estimating speech audibility for children with hearing loss. |
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| ISSN: | 0042-8639 2162-5158 |
