List of words to evaluate speech perception: recording and verification of applicability

Abstract

Purpose: to record the “List of Words to Evaluate the Speech Perception of Children with Hearing Loss” which is standardized for live speech presentation and verify its clinical applicability. Methods: recording: acoustic standards were used, three recordings of each word and analysis by judges. The list was recorded in silence at 60 decibels (dB) and signal noise relation of +10 dB. Participants: 30 children in the age range from five years to 10 years and 11 months, with no auditory and language disorders. The procedure was performed in live and recorded speech. Wilcoxon’s, paired t and Spearman’s correlation coefficient tests (p-value significantly less or equal to 0.05), were applied. Results: the comparison of performance for recognition of words and phonemes between live and recorded speech resulted in a statistically significant difference (p ≤ 0.05), in all conditions analyzed. The results were higher in the silence condition. There was no statistically significant difference between the time of application in the recorded speech when compared in silence and noise (p=0.064). Conclusion: the recording and application of the procedure that analyzes recognition of phonemes and words proved to be viable in recorded speech in silence and noise.

List of sentences in Portuguese: speech perception evaluation in children

“…In addition, the number of thirty-seven lists of sentences can be considered satisfactory when compared to the similar procedures available in Brazilian Portuguese 1,2,28,29 . When compared to international tests, it is possible to observe a greater proximity between the number of lists of such procedures and that of the present study [9][10][11][12][13][14]17,18 .…”

“…Given the heterogeneity among the infant population with hearing loss and the impossibility of covering all aspects of speech perception in a single test, it is observed the importance of using other procedures to assess speech perception so that individual differences and diverse levels of auditory skills are evaluated 1,2,[28][29][30][31] .…”

“…For children who have hearing loss and use spoken language in their communication, it is essential to know the ability these children have in relation to speech recognition 2 .…”

Listas de sentenças em português: avaliação da percepção da fala em crianças

“…Além disso, o número de 37 listas de sentenças pode ser considerado satisfatório ao compará-lo aos procedimentos semelhantes disponíveis no Português Brasileiro 1,2,28,29 . Quando comparado aos testes internacionais é possível observar uma maior proximidade entre o número de listas de tais procedimentos e o do presente estudo [9][10][11][12][13][14]17,18 .…”

“…Para as crianças que apresentam perda auditiva e utilizam a linguagem falada em sua comunicação, é primordial conhecer a habilidade que essas crianças apresentam em relação ao reconhecimento da fala 2 .…”