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Book Tone Perception Performance of Cantonese speaking Prelingually Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants

Download or read book Tone Perception Performance of Cantonese speaking Prelingually Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Uncorrected OCR) Abstract of dissertation entitled Tone Perception Performance of Cantonese-speaking Prelingually Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants submitted by Angela On-Chi Wong for the degree of Master of Sciences in Audiology at the University of Hong Kong in May 2000 The present study was a preliminary investigation on the tone perception performance of pre lingually hearing-impaired children with cochlear implant. Seventeen native Cantonese-speaking participants were invited in this research. They have been using the Nucleus multichannel cochlear implant with coding strategy of either SPEAK or ACE. Errors from the tone discrimination and the tone identification tests were examined and a tone confusion matrix was plotted. Results revealed that the correct scores for both discrimination and identification tests were slightly above chance levels, indicating that prelingually hearing-impaired children using cochlear implants were able to benefit from SPEAK or ACE strategies for Cantonese tone perception, though the benefit was small. Tonal error and confusion patterns were discussed and some contributing possibilities were suggested. Relationships between tone perception VII performance and other variables such as age at implantation, duration of implantation, frequency of training and overall auditory performance were also examined. The paper also discussed other possibilities that may contribute to tone confusion. VIII.

Book The Role of Amplitude Envelope in Lexical Tone Perception

Download or read book The Role of Amplitude Envelope in Lexical Tone Perception written by Yining Victor Zhou and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published studies on the role of amplitude envelope in lexical tone perception focused on Mandarin only. Amplitude envelope was found to co-vary with fundamental frequency in Mandarin lexical tones, and amplitude envelope alone could cue tone perception in Mandarin which uses primarily tone contour for phonemic tonal contrasts. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate whether amplitude envelope also co-varies with fundamental frequency in Cantonese, and whether the amplitude envelope cue alone can also aid the perception of lexical tones in Cantonese which uses both tone contour and relative tone height for phonemic tonal contrasts. Signal-correlated noise stimuli were synthesized based on the six Cantonese lexical tones produced naturally in isolation with the carrier syllables /ji/ and /wai/, and contained only the amplitude envelope cue of the six Cantonese lexical tones. The original intensity level of the amplitude envelopes was preserved in one condition of the experiment, but was equalized across tone types in the other condition. Thirty native listeners of Cantonese and thirty native listeners of English were presented pairs of the stimuli, and were instructed to report whether each pair consisted of identical or different Cantonese lexical tones. The results indicated that amplitude envelope co-varied with fundamental frequency in Cantonese. Furthermore, in both conditions of the current Cantonese lexical tone discrimination experiment, the native listeners of Cantonese performed significantly above chance and with greater accuracy and shorter reaction time than the native listeners of English. This suggested that amplitude envelope could cue tone contour and relative tone height for lexical tone perception. Since tone languages in the world are described as using only tone contour, relative tone height, or a combination of both for phonemic tonal contrasts, a theoretical implication of the current study is that amplitude envelope is an additional cue and could cue tone perception in all tone languages. This finding could potentially help improve the encoding of lexical tone contrasts for lexical tone perception in cochlear implant users.

Book Artificial Hearing  Natural Speech

Download or read book Artificial Hearing Natural Speech written by Joanna Hart Lowenstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the interface between speech perception and production through a longitudinal acoustic analysis of the speech of postlingually deaf adults with cochlear implants (electrode and computer prostheses for the inner ear in cases of nerve deafness). The methodology is based on the work of Joseph Perkell at MIT, replicating and extending analysis to subjects with modern digital cochlear implants and processor technology. Lowenstein also examines how cochlear implants are portrayed in dramatic and documentary television programs, the scientific accuracy of those portrayals, and what expectations might be taken away by viewers, particularly given modern society's view that technology can overcome the frailties of the human body.

Book Speech Perception in Mandarin  and Cantonese Speaking Children with Cochlear Implants

Download or read book Speech Perception in Mandarin and Cantonese Speaking Children with Cochlear Implants written by Sum Yee Fong and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tone Production Ability in Cantonese speaking Hearing impaired Children with Cochlear Implants Or Hearing Aids

Download or read book Tone Production Ability in Cantonese speaking Hearing impaired Children with Cochlear Implants Or Hearing Aids written by Kit-ching Lee (Angela) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

Download or read book Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Index Medicus

Download or read book Index Medicus written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.

Book Children Listen  Psychological and Linguistic Aspects of Listening Difficulties During Development

Download or read book Children Listen Psychological and Linguistic Aspects of Listening Difficulties During Development written by Mary Rudner and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.

Book Cochlear Hearing Loss

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brian C. J. Moore
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2007-09-27
  • ISBN : 9780470518182
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Cochlear Hearing Loss written by Brian C. J. Moore and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-09-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first edition was published in 1998, considerable advances have been made in the fields of pitch perception and speech perception. In addition, there have been major changes in the way that hearing aids work, and the features they offer. This book will provide an understanding of the changes in perception that take place when a person has cochlear hearing loss so the reader understands not only what does happen, but why it happens. It interrelates physiological and perceptual data and presents both this and basic concepts in an integrated manner. The goal is to convey an understanding of the perceptual changes associated with cochlear hearing loss, of the difficulties faced by the hearing-impaired person, and the limitations of current hearing aids.

Book Cochlear Implants

    Book Details:
  • Author : John K. Niparko
  • Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9780781777490
  • Pages : 372 pages

Download or read book Cochlear Implants written by John K. Niparko and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2009 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, this book provides an in-depth discussion on prosthetic restoration of hearing via implantation. The text succinctly discusses the scientific principles behind cochlear implants, examines the latest technology, and offers practical advice on how to assess candidates, how to implant the devices, and what rehabilitation is most effective. The authors thoroughly examine the outcomes of cochlear implantation, the impact on the patient's quality of life, the benefits in relation to the costs, and the implications of cochlear implants for language and speech acquisition and childhood education.

Book Auditory Prostheses

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fan-Gang Zeng
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2011-09-15
  • ISBN : 1441994343
  • Pages : 397 pages

Download or read book Auditory Prostheses written by Fan-Gang Zeng and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cochlear implants are currently the standard treatment for profound sensorineural hearing loss. In the last decade, advances in auditory science and technology have not only greatly expanded the utility of electric stimulation to other parts of the auditory nervous system in addition to the cochlea, but have also demonstrated drastic changes in the brain in responses to electric stimulation, including changes in language development and music perception. Volume 20 of SHAR focused on basic science and technology underlying the cochlear implant. However, due to the newness of the ideas and technology, the volume did not cover any emerging applications such as bilateral cochlear implants, combined acoustic-electric stimulation, and other types of auditory prostheses, nor did it review brain plasticity in responses to electric stimulation and its perceptual and language consequences. This proposed volume takes off from Volume 20, and expands the examination of implants into new and highly exciting areas. This edited book starts with an overview and introduction by Dr. Fan-Gang Zeng. Chapters 2-9 cover technological development and the advances in treating the full spectrum of ear disorders in the last ten years. Chapters 10-15 discuss brain responses to electric stimulation and their perceptual impact. This volume is particularly exciting because there have been quantum leap from the traditional technology discussed in Volume 20. Thus, this volume is timely and will be of real importance to the SHAR audience.