ERIC Number: EJ1307689
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Publication Date: 2021-Jun
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Compensation to Altered Auditory Feedback in Children with Developmental Language Disorder and Typical Development
Coughler, Caitlin; Hamel, Emily Michaela; Cardy, Janis Oram; Archibald, Lisa M. D.; Purcell, David W.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v64 n6 spec iss p2363-2376 Jun 2021
Purpose: Developmental language disorder (DLD), an unexplained problem using and understanding spoken language, has been hypothesized to have an underlying auditory processing component. Auditory feedback plays a key role in speech motor control. The current study examined whether auditory feedback is used to regulate speech production in a similar way by children with DLD and their typically developing (TD) peers. Method: Participants aged 6-11 years completed tasks measuring hearing, language, first formant (F1) discrimination thresholds, partial vowel space, and responses to altered auditory feedback with F1 perturbation. Results: Children with DLD tended to compensate more than TD children for the positive F1 manipulation and compensated less than TD children in the negative shift condition. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that children with DLD make atypical use of auditory feedback.
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Language Impairments, Developmental Delays, Speech Communication, Auditory Perception, Language Processing, Psychomotor Skills, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Hearing (Physiology), Auditory Discrimination, Vowels, Language Skills, Measurement, Language Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals
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