The Bouba-Kiki Effect in Persons with Prelingual Auditory Deprivation

Autor/inn/en	Gold, Rinat; Segal, Osnat
Titel	The Bouba-Kiki Effect in Persons with Prelingual Auditory Deprivation
Quelle	In: Language Learning and Development, 16 (2020) 1, S.49-60 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1547-5441
DOI	10.1080/15475441.2019.1685386
Schlagwörter	Visual Stimuli; Auditory Stimuli; Correlation; Neurological Organization; Severe Disabilities; Hearing Impairments; Oral Language; Assistive Technology; Adults; Infants; Performance; Acoustics; Child Development; Auditory Perception; Deafness; Intelligence Tests; Israel; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auditive Stimulation; Korrelation; Severe disability; Schwerbehinderung; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Achievement; Leistung; Akustik; Kindesentwicklung; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest
Abstract	The "bouba-kiki effect" refers to the correspondence between arbitrary visual and auditory stimuli. Previous studies have demonstrated that neurodevelopmental conditions and sensory impairment affect subjects' performance on the bouba-kiki task. This study examined the bouba-kiki effect in participants with severe-to-profound hearing loss. Sixteen participants with severe- to-profound hearing loss who were habilitated aurally and used oral language for everyday communication and 16 matched hearing peers were presented with the bouba-kiki task auditorily and orthographically. Verbal intelligence (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale -- Third Edition) was determined for all participants and was similar in both groups. Our results demonstrate a reduced bouba-kiki effect in participants with severe-to-profound hearing loss compared to their hearing peers, though they performed above chance level. Moreover, the age at the first use of a hearing device was associated with participants' performance on the bouba-kiki task in adulthood. Better performance was shown in participants who used a hearing device at infancy before 23 months of age. These results support a relationship between early auditory or linguistic deprivation, and performance on the bouba-kiki task, and are discussed in the light of the role of a sensitive period on the development of the effect. This study is the first to show that prelingual deafness affects cross-modal auditory-visual correspondence resulting in reduced sound symbolism. (As Provided).
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