Testing Auditory Processing Skills and Their Associations with Language in 4-5-Year-Olds
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| Title: | Testing Auditory Processing Skills and Their Associations with Language in 4-5-Year-Olds |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Bavin, Edith L., Grayden, David B., Scott, Kim, Stefanakis, Toni |
| Source: | Language and Speech. 2010 53(1):31-47. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: | Intervals, Speech Impairments, Testing, Young Children, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Auditory Perception, Language Processing, Evaluation Methods, Auditory Stimuli, Correlation, Auditory Discrimination, Predictor Variables, Receptive Language, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0023830909349151 |
| ISSN: | 0023-8309 |
| Abstract: | Infants' auditory processing abilities have been shown to predict subsequent language development. In addition, poor auditory processing skills have been shown for some individuals with specific language impairment. Methods used in infant studies are not appropriate for use with young children, and neither are methods typically used to test auditory processing skills in specific language impairment (SLI). The objective in this study was to develop an appropriate way of testing auditory processing skills in children in the 4-5 year age range. We report data from 49 children aged 4-5 years (mean age 58.57 months) tested on five tasks with tones and synthesized syllables. Frequencies and inter-stimulus intervals were varied in the tone tasks; the second formant transitions between consonant and vowel were varied in the syllable tasks. Consistent with past research, variability was found in children's auditory processing abilities. Significant correlations in discrimination thresholds for the tasks were found. The results from two regression analyses showed that the children's auditory processing abilities predicted significant amounts of variance for receptive and expressive language. (Contains 5 tables, 2 figures, and 2 footnotes.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 39 |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Accession Number: | EJ875075 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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