Development of Mandarin Lexical Tone Identification in Noise and Its Relation With Working Memory.

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the developmental trajectory of Mandarin tone identification in quiet and two noisy conditions: speech-shaped noise (SSN) and multitalker babble noise. In addition, we evaluated the relationship between tonal identification development and working memory capacity...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 66; no. 10; pp. 4100 - 4117
Autores principales: Fei Chen, Qingqing Guo, Yunhua Deng, Jiaqiang Zhu, Hao Zhang
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Oct2023
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          Fei Chen
          Qingqing Guo
          Yunhua Deng
          Jiaqiang Zhu
          Hao Zhang
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          School of Foreign Languages, Hunan University, Changsha, China
          Foreign Studies College, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
          Research Centre for Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, China
          Center for Clinical Neurolinguistics, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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        Psychology of parents
        Analysis of variance
        Child development
        Language acquisition
        Social classes
        Speech
        Educational attainment
        Speech perception
        Research
        Statistics
        Noise
        Psychology of movement
        Comparative studies
        Short-term memory
        Descriptive statistics
        Research funding
        Statistical correlation
        Data analysis software
        Data analysis
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          Psychology of parents
          Analysis of variance
          Child development
          Language acquisition
          Social classes
          Speech
          Educational attainment
          Speech perception
          Research
          Statistics
          Noise
          Psychology of movement
          Comparative studies
          Short-term memory
          Descriptive statistics
          Research funding
          Statistical correlation
          Data analysis software
          Data analysis
      ab: Purpose: This study aimed to examine the developmental trajectory of Mandarin tone identification in quiet and two noisy conditions: speech-shaped noise (SSN) and multitalker babble noise. In addition, we evaluated the relationship between tonal identification development and working memory capacity. Method: Ninety-three typically developing children aged 5--8 years and 23 young adults completed categorical identification of two tonal continua (Tone 1--4 and Tone 2--3) in quiet, SSN, and babble noise. Their working memory was additionally measured using auditory digit span tests. Correlation analyses between digit span scores and boundary widths were performed. Results: Six-year-old children have achieved the adultlike ability of categorical identification of Tone 1--4 continuum under both types of noise. Moreover, 6- year-old children could identify Tone 2--3 continuum as well as adults in SSN. Nonetheless, the child participants, even 8-year-olds, performed worse when tokens from Tone 2--3 continuum were masked by babble noise. Greater working memory capacity was associated with better tone identification in noise for preschoolers aged 5--6 years; however, for school-age children aged 7--8 years, such correlation only existed in Tone 2--3 continuum in SSN. Conclusions: Lexical tone perception might take a prolonged time to achieve adultlike competence in babble noise relative to SSN. Moreover, a significant interaction between masking type and stimulus difficulty was found, as indicated by Tone 2--3 being more susceptible to interference from babble noise than Tone 1--4. Furthermore, correlations between working memory capacity and tone perception in noise varied with developmental stage, stimulus difficulty, and masking type.
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