Testing Auditory Processing Skills and Their Associations with Language in 4-5-Year-Olds

Autor/inn/en	Bavin, Edith L.; Grayden, David B.; Scott, Kim; Stefanakis, Toni
Titel	Testing Auditory Processing Skills and Their Associations with Language in 4-5-Year-Olds
Quelle	In: Language and Speech, 53 (2010) 1, S.31-47 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8309
DOI	10.1177/0023830909349151
Schlagwörter	Intervals; Speech Impairments; Testing; Young Children; Expressive Language; Language Acquisition; Auditory Perception; Language Processing; Evaluation Methods; Auditory Stimuli; Correlation; Auditory Discrimination; Predictor Variables; Receptive Language; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Frühe Kindheit; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Sprachverarbeitung; Auditive Stimulation; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Infants' auditory processing abilities have been shown to predict subsequent language development. In addition, poor auditory processing skills have been shown for some individuals with specific language impairment. Methods used in infant studies are not appropriate for use with young children, and neither are methods typically used to test auditory processing skills in specific language impairment (SLI). The objective in this study was to develop an appropriate way of testing auditory processing skills in children in the 4-5 year age range. We report data from 49 children aged 4-5 years (mean age 58.57 months) tested on five tasks with tones and synthesized syllables. Frequencies and inter-stimulus intervals were varied in the tone tasks; the second formant transitions between consonant and vowel were varied in the syllable tasks. Consistent with past research, variability was found in children's auditory processing abilities. Significant correlations in discrimination thresholds for the tasks were found. The results from two regression analyses showed that the children's auditory processing abilities predicted significant amounts of variance for receptive and expressive language. (Contains 5 tables, 2 figures, and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10