PMID- 26696203
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160706
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1673-0860 (Print)
IS  - 1673-0860 (Linking)
VI  - 50
IP  - 8
DP  - 2015 Aug
TI  - [Application of the Mandarin Tone Identification Test (MTIT) in children with 
      hearing impairment].
PG  - 651-6
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to evaluate the Mandarin tone identification 
      ability in children with hearing impairment (HI) in quiet and in noise using the 
      new developed Mandarin Tone Identification Test (MTIT), and to evaluate the 
      practical application of MTIT. METHOD: Subjects were Mandarin-speaking children 
      with moderate, severe and profound HI and aged from 5 to 12 years (n = 81, Male = 
      37, Female = 44). The MTIT was administered in five test conditions: in quiet and 
      in -10, -5, 0 and +5 dB signal-to-noise ratios (S/N). RESULTS: The degree of HI 
      significantly influenced the tone identification ability. The tone identification 
      performance of children with moderate to severe HI was significantly better than 
      that of children with profound HI. However, when compared with children with 
      normal hearing, the performance of children with moderate to severe HI was not 
      satisfactory. Among the six tone contrasts, the Tone 1/Tone 2 and Tone 2/Tone 3 
      contrasts were the most difficult tone contrasts for children with profound HI 
      and the Tone 2/Tone 3 contrast was the most difficult for children with moderate 
      to severe HI in quiet. CONCLUSIONS: MTIT could be used to examine tone perception 
      ability of children with hearing aids. In quiet, the Tone 1/Tone 2 and Tone 
      2/Tone 3 contrasts are difficult to identify, while six tone contrasts are all 
      difficult to identify for children with HI in noise. In future, the MTIT can also 
      be used to evaluate the tone identification ability on children cochlear 
      implants.
FAU - Zhu, Shufeng
AU  - Zhu S
AD  - Division of speech and hearing sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
      999077, China; Email: shufengzhu01@gmail.com.
FAU - Huang, Lina
AU  - Huang L
FAU - Chen, Fei
AU  - Chen F
FAU - Chen, Yuan
AU  - Chen Y
LA  - chi
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - China
TA  - Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
JT  - Zhonghua er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of 
      otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery
JID - 101247574
SB  - IM
MH  - *Audiometry, Speech
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cochlear Implants
MH  - Female
MH  - Hearing Aids
MH  - Hearing Loss/*diagnosis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Language
MH  - Male
MH  - Noise
MH  - Signal-To-Noise Ratio
MH  - *Speech Perception
EDAT- 2015/12/24 06:00
MHDA- 2016/07/07 06:00
CRDT- 2015/12/24 06:00
PHST- 2015/12/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/12/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/07/07 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2015 Aug;50(8):651-6.