Is children's listening effort in background noise influenced by the speaker's voice quality?

Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology
Birgitta SahlénViveka Lyberg-Åhlander

Abstract

The present study aims at exploring the influence of voice quality on listening effort in children performing a language comprehension test with sentences of increasing difficulty. Listening effort is explored in relation to gender ( = cisgender). The study has a between-groups design. Ninety-three mainstreamed children aged 8;2 to 9;3 with typical language development participated. The children were randomly assigned to two groups (n = 46/47) with equal allocation of boys and girls and for the analysis to four groups depending of gender and voice condition. Working memory capacity and executive functions were tested in quiet. A digital version of a language comprehension test (the TROG-2) was used to measure the effect of voice quality on listening effort, measured as response time in a forced-choice paradigm. The groups listened to sentences through recordings of the same female voice, one group with a typical voice and one with a dysphonic voice, both in competing multi-talker babble noise. Response times were logged after a time buffer between the sentence-ending and indication of response. There was a significant increase in response times with increased task difficulty and response times between the two voice conditions d...Continue Reading

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May 23, 2019·Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology·Suvi KarjalainenViveka Lyberg-Åhlander
Jun 23, 2020·Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR·Isabel S SchillerAngélique Remacle
Sep 10, 2019·Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology·Isabel S SchillerDominique Morsomme
Dec 23, 2019·Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation·Manfred NusseckBernhard Richter

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