PMID- 23689300
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130725
LR  - 20130521
IS  - 1463-1741 (Print)
IS  - 1463-1741 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 64
DP  - 2013 May-Jun
TI  - Evaluation of speech perception in competing noise conditions for normally 
      hearing children.
PG  - 178-82
LID - 10.4103/1463-1741.112367 [doi]
AB  - Evaluation of speech perception in noisy environments for normally hearing 
      children was conducted in order to provide normal data for speech perception 
      testing in children with hearing impairments thus improving early intervention 
      alternatives for Mandarin-speaking children with hearing impairments. The speech 
      perception abilities of 174 developmentally normal children ranging aged 2-5 
      years, in four age groups, were evaluated in environments that were quiet or with 
      high levels of competing noise using the Mandarin pediatric speech 
      intelligibility (MPSI) test. The mean score of MPSI between the four age groups 
      showed notable statistical differences, including a variation in mean score 
      between the four age groups, clearly indicating that the speech perception 
      abilities of young children in noisy environments improved greatly with age, most 
      notably between the ages of 3 and 4 years old. Speech perception ability in noisy 
      environments was shown to be significantly, but weakly, related to age, implying 
      the presence of other, possibly environment factors, in speech perception 
      development. Furthermore, no statistically significant difference between boys 
      and girls was noted in the experimental MPSI scores. The ability of children to 
      increasingly perceive speech in environments containing high competing noise 
      levels was shown to gradually and progressively increase with age. These results 
      indicated that the developing Mandarin speech perception abilities in noisy 
      environments in normal hearing children develops substantially after the age of 
      3-4 years, suggesting that similar age ranges may be even more critical 
      intervention points for children with hearing impairments. More studies are still 
      needed to confirm that.
FAU - Meng, Zhaoli
AU  - Meng Z
AD  - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital of 
      Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China. lucy-mengzhaoli@163.com
FAU - Zheng, Yun
AU  - Zheng Y
FAU - Wang, Kai
AU  - Wang K
FAU - Li, Dan
AU  - Li D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Noise Health
JT  - Noise & health
JID - 9815620
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Child Development/*physiology
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Noise
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Speech Perception/*physiology
MH  - Speech Reception Threshold Test
EDAT- 2013/05/22 06:00
MHDA- 2013/07/26 06:00
CRDT- 2013/05/22 06:00
PHST- 2013/05/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/05/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/07/26 06:00 [medline]
AID - NoiseHealth_2013_15_64_178_112367 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/1463-1741.112367 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Noise Health. 2013 May-Jun;15(64):178-82. doi: 10.4103/1463-1741.112367.