Undergraduate Thesis: Vowels production by Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implant

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TitleVowels production by Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implant
AuthorsLee, Hiu-tung, Irene
李曉彤
Issue Date2010
PublisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
AbstractThis study investigated vowels production by Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implant. Nineteen subjects with cochlear implant age ranged 2;05 to 6;01 years old were compared to 19 hearing children. All participants were required to produce 51 words, covering seven Cantonese monophthongs /a, i, E, O, u, y, J/ and ten Cantonese diphthongs /ui, Oi, ai, iu, Ey, Ai, ou, ei, au, Au/. The production accuracy was compared. Error patterns were investigated by phonological process and acoustic analysis. The production accuracy from cochlear implant subjects with hearing experience less than two years was significantly different than that of hearing children with similar hearing experience. A developmental and universal phonological acquisition process was observed. Developmental phonological rules were found in erroneous production. Articulatory complexity played an important role in vowels acquisition in CI groups. The result demonstrated a positive influence of cochlear implant on vowels production in Cantonese-speaking children.
Description"A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, 30th June, 2010."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-32).
Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 2010.
DegreeBachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences
SubjectCochlear implants.
Hearing impaired children -- Language.
Cantonese dialects -- Phonetics.
Dept/ProgramSpeech and Hearing Sciences
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dc.contributor.authorLee, Hiu-tung, Irene
dc.contributor.author李曉彤
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-01T01:14:06Z
dc.date.available2012-11-01T01:14:06Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated vowels production by Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implant. Nineteen subjects with cochlear implant age ranged 2;05 to 6;01 years old were compared to 19 hearing children. All participants were required to produce 51 words, covering seven Cantonese monophthongs /a, i, E, O, u, y, J/ and ten Cantonese diphthongs /ui, Oi, ai, iu, Ey, Ai, ou, ei, au, Au/. The production accuracy was compared. Error patterns were investigated by phonological process and acoustic analysis. The production accuracy from cochlear implant subjects with hearing experience less than two years was significantly different than that of hearing children with similar hearing experience. A developmental and universal phonological acquisition process was observed. Developmental phonological rules were found in erroneous production. Articulatory complexity played an important role in vowels acquisition in CI groups. The result demonstrated a positive influence of cochlear implant on vowels production in Cantonese-speaking children.
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dc.description"A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, 30th June, 2010."
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 28-32).
dc.descriptionThesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 2010.
dc.description.thesisdisciplineSpeech and Hearing Sciences
dc.description.thesislevelBachelor's
dc.description.thesisnameBachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences
dc.identifier.hkulb4813086
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/173715
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
dc.rightsCreative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License
dc.rightsThe author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works.
dc.subject.lcshCochlear implants.
dc.subject.lcshHearing impaired children -- Language.
dc.subject.lcshCantonese dialects -- Phonetics.
dc.titleVowels production by Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implant
dc.typeUG_Thesis