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The impact of impaired vocal quality on children's ability to process spoken language

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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:51 authored by Valerie Morton, David R Watson
This paper investigated the effect of voice quality on children's ability to process spoken language. A group of 24 children, mean age 11 years 5 months, listened to a series of recorded short passages, half spoken by a female with normal voice and half spoken by a female with a classic vocal impairment (dysphonic voice). The children were tested for their ability to recall words and to draw a final target inference. Children performed better on both preceding indices when listening to the normal voice. The implications of the findings are discussed, with particular reference to the classroom situation.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

ISSN

1401-5439

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

1

Volume

26

Page range

17-25

Department affiliated with

  • BSMS Neuroscience Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Neuroscience Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-01-23

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