The Impact of Dysphonic Voices on Children's Comprehension of Spoken Language
| Autor: | Estella P.-M. Ma, Johnny C.-H. Chui |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject education Audiology 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences Speech and Hearing 0302 clinical medicine Sex Factors medicine Humans Active listening Quality (business) 030223 otorhinolaryngology Child Students media_common Language Significant difference Speech Intelligibility LPN and LVN Dysphonia Comprehension Otorhinolaryngology Listening comprehension Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Spoken language |
| Zdroj: | Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation. 33(5) |
| ISSN: | 1873-4588 |
| Popis: | Summary Background This study investigated the effect of teachers' dysphonic voices on children's listening comprehension. Methods One hundred thirty-four grade three and four students were recruited from local primary schools in Hong Kong. They were required to listen to six passages, three in Cantonese and three in English, which were either read in normal, mildly dysphonic, or severely dysphonic voices. The students were required to complete six multiple-choice comprehension questions upon listening to each passage. Comprehension performance across languages, dysphonic severities, genders, and question types were examined. Results The results showed that listening comprehension was significantly poorer even when speaker's voice quality was mildly impaired. Performance in Cantonese was generally better than that in English but no significant difference in the pattern of decline was found. Both boys and girls suffered to similar extent under dysphonic situations. Differences in performance in various question types were discussed. Conclusions These findings support the urgent need to implement voice care education for the teaching profession. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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