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Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

June 2015 Volume 58, Number 3

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Number of articles: 6

  1. Affective Properties of Mothers' Speech to Infants with Hearing Impairment and Cochlear Implants

    Maria V. Kondaurova, Tonya R. Bergeson, Huiping Xu & Christine Kitamura

    Purpose: The affective properties of infant-directed speech influence the attention of infants with normal hearing to speech sounds. This study explored the affective quality of maternal speech to ... More

    pp. 590-600

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  2. Development and Simulation Testing of a Computerized Adaptive Version of the Philadelphia Naming Test

    William D. Hula, Stacey Kellough & Gerasimos Fergadiotis

    Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a computerized adaptive test (CAT) version of the Philadelphia Naming Test (PNT; Roach, Schwartz, Martin, Grewal, & Brecher, 1996), to reduce... More

    pp. 878-890

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  3. Are Young Children with Cochlear Implants Sensitive to the Statistics of Words in the Ambient Spoken Language?

    Ling-Yu Guo, Karla K. McGregor & Linda J. Spencer

    Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether children with cochlear implants (CIs) are sensitive to statistical characteristics of words in the ambient spoken language, whether that ... More

    pp. 987-1000

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  4. Academic Outcomes for School-Aged Children with Severe-Profound Hearing Loss and Early Unilateral and Bilateral Cochlear Implants

    Julia Z. Sarant, David C. Harris & Lisa A. Bennet

    Purpose: This study sought to (a) determine whether academic outcomes for children who received early cochlear implants (CIs) are age appropriate, (b) determine whether bilateral CI use... More

    pp. 1017-1032

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  5. Auditory Learning in Children with Cochlear Implants

    Srikanta K. Mishra, Shiva P. Boddupally & Deeksha Rayapati

    Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine and characterize the training-induced changes in speech-in-noise perception in children with congenital deafness who have cochlear implants (CIs). ... More

    pp. 1052-1060

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  6. Weighting of Acoustic Cues to a Manner Distinction by Children with and without Hearing Loss

    Susan Nittrouer & Joanna H. Lowenstein

    Purpose: Children must develop optimal perceptual weighting strategies for processing speech in their first language. Hearing loss can interfere with that development, especially if cochlear... More

    pp. 1077-1092

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