Original Research
Suprasegmentele Spraakeienskappe van Prelinguaal Gehoorgestremde Kinders met Kogleêre Inplantings, Gehoorgestremde Kinders sonder Inplantings en Normaalhorende Kinders
South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 46, No 1 | a729 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v46i1.729
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Submitted: 17 April 2020 | Published: 31 December 1999
Submitted: 17 April 2020 | Published: 31 December 1999
About the author(s)
Adri Ligthelm, Departement Kommunikasiepatologie, Universiteit van Pretoria, South AfricaEmily Groenewald, Departement Kommunikasiepatologie, Universiteit van Pretoria, South Africa
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A review of the relevant literature indicates a lack of knowledge regarding suprasegmental speech characteristics in prelingual hearing impaired children with cochlear implants. This study is aimed at examining certain suprasegmental features in the speech of prelingual hearing impaired children with cochlear implants by perceptual ratings and acoustic analyses, comparing these results to that of prelingual hearing impaired children without implants, and normal hearing children of the same age. Twelve Afrikaans speaking children between the ages of six and ten years were included in three groups. An integrated view of the perceptual and acoustic results shows that the cochlear implanted children's suprasegmental speech characteristics bear closer resemblance to those of the normal hearing group than those of the hearing impaired group.
Keywords
suprasegmentele eienskappe; kogleêre inplanting; perseptuele beoordeling; akoestiese analise
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