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undergraduate thesis: Speech intelligibility of Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implants
| Title | Speech intelligibility of Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implants |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2013 |
| Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
| Citation | Kwok, H. [郭熹瑤]. (2013). Speech intelligibility of Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implants. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
| Abstract | The study investigated the speech intelligibility of Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implants. Word and sentence intelligibility of 18 cochlear implant users with prelinguistic bilateral profound hearing loss were compared with that of 18 normal hearing children with similar years of hearing experience. Participants were invited to name 31 pictures and read aloud 19 sentences. Intelligibility scores were obtained by requiring naïve listeners to rewrite the words produced by the participants. The intelligibility scores of the cochlear implant users were generally lower than that of the normal-hearing peers with comparable years of hearing experience of age two to eight years. An average delay of around four years was observed in the development of speech intelligibility of cochlear implant users.
Developmental and non-developmental phonological rules, as well as vowel and tone errors were observed in the speech of the children with cochlear implants. Intelligibility of cochlear implant users increased with the duration of cochlear implant usage without ceiling effect or presence of plateau. Clinical implications of the findings were discussed. |
| Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
| Subject | Speech, Intelligibility of Hearing impaired children |
| Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238519 |
| HKU Library Item ID | b5806007 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Kwok, Hei-yiu | - |
| dc.contributor.author | 郭熹瑤 | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-15T13:04:35Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-15T13:04:35Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kwok, H. [郭熹瑤]. (2013). Speech intelligibility of Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implants. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238519 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | The study investigated the speech intelligibility of Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implants. Word and sentence intelligibility of 18 cochlear implant users with prelinguistic bilateral profound hearing loss were compared with that of 18 normal hearing children with similar years of hearing experience. Participants were invited to name 31 pictures and read aloud 19 sentences. Intelligibility scores were obtained by requiring naïve listeners to rewrite the words produced by the participants. The intelligibility scores of the cochlear implant users were generally lower than that of the normal-hearing peers with comparable years of hearing experience of age two to eight years. An average delay of around four years was observed in the development of speech intelligibility of cochlear implant users. Developmental and non-developmental phonological rules, as well as vowel and tone errors were observed in the speech of the children with cochlear implants. Intelligibility of cochlear implant users increased with the duration of cochlear implant usage without ceiling effect or presence of plateau. Clinical implications of the findings were discussed. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
| dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
| dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Speech, Intelligibility of | - |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Hearing impaired children | - |
| dc.title | Speech intelligibility of Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implants | - |
| dc.type | UG_Thesis | - |
| dc.identifier.hkul | b5806007 | - |
| dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
| dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | - |
| dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
| dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
| dc.identifier.mmsid | 991020907769703414 | - |