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Chung, Wei-Lun; Jarmulowicz, Linda; Bidelman, Gavin M. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
This study examined language-specific links among auditory processing, linguistic prosody awareness, and Mandarin (L1) and English (L2) word reading in 61 Mandarin-speaking, English-learning children. Three auditory discrimination abilities were measured: pitch contour, pitch interval, and rise time (rate of intensity change at tone onset).…
Descriptors: Language Processing, English (Second Language), Mandarin Chinese, Auditory Discrimination
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Jones, Jennifer L.; Lucker, Jay; Zalewski, Christopher; Brewer, Carmen; Drayna, Dennis – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2009
We identified individuals with deficits in musical pitch recognition by screening a large random population using the Distorted Tunes Test (DTT), and enrolled individuals who had DTT scores in the lowest 10th percentile, classified as tune deaf. We examined phonological processing abilities in 35 tune deaf and 34 normal control individuals. Eight…
Descriptors: Music, Phonemic Awareness, Therapy, Phonology