Auditory and Somatosensory Development for Speech in Later Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Ayala, Samantha A.; Eads, Amanda; Kabakoff, Heather; Swartz, Michelle T.; Shiller, Douglas M.; Hill, Jennifer; Hitchcock, Elaine R.; Preston, Jonathan L.; McAllister, Tara
Titel	Auditory and Somatosensory Development for Speech in Later Childhood
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66 (2023) 4, S.1252-1273 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hill, Jennifer) ORCID (Hitchcock, Elaine R.) ORCID (Preston, Jonathan L.) ORCID (McAllister, Tara)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
Schlagwörter	Sensory Experience; Speech; Children; Adolescents; Articulation (Speech); Speech Impairments; Measurement; Auditory Discrimination; New York; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sinnerfahrung; Speaking; Sprechen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Messverfahren
Abstract	Purpose: This study collected measures of auditory-perceptual and oral somatosensory acuity in typically developing children and adolescents aged 9-15 years. We aimed to establish reference data that can be used as a point of comparison for individuals with residual speech sound disorder (RSSD), especially for RSSD affecting American English rhotics. We examined concurrent validity between tasks and hypothesized that performance on at least some tasks would show a significant association with age, reflecting ongoing refinement of sensory function in later childhood. We also tested for an inverse relationship between performance on auditory and somatosensory tasks, which would support the hypothesis of a trade-off between sensory domains. Method: Ninety-eight children completed three auditory-perceptual tasks (identification and discrimination of stimuli from a "rake"-"wake" continuum and category goodness judgment for naturally produced words containing rhotics) and three oral somatosensory tasks (bite block with auditory masking, oral stereognosis, and articulatory awareness, which involved explicit judgments of relative tongue position for different speech sounds). Pairwise associations were examined between tasks within each domain and between task performance and age. Composite measures of auditory-perceptual and somatosensory functions were used to investigate the possibility of a sensory trade-off. Results: Statistically significant associations were observed between the identification and discrimination tasks and the bite block and articulatory awareness tasks. In addition, significant associations with age were found for the category goodness and bite block tasks. There was no statistically significant evidence of a trade-off between auditory-perceptual and somatosensory domains. Conclusions: This study provided a multidimensional characterization of speech-related sensory function in older children/adolescents. Complete materials to administer all experimental tasks have been shared, along with measures of central tendency and dispersion for scores in two subgroups of age. Ultimately, we hope to apply this information to make customized treatment recommendations for children with RSSD based on sensory profiles. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01