Spectral and Temporal Auditory Processing Skills in Children with a History of Speech and Language Delay.

Background: The spectral and temporal components of the acoustic signal are processed in the central auditory system and contribute to speech and language processing. Purpose: This study aimed to assess the spectral and temporal auditory processing skills in children with a history of speech and lan...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Academy of Audiology Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 425 - 435
Autores principales: Çınar, Fatma Yurdakul, Çiprut, Ayça
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishing Inc. Sep2025
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          Çınar, Fatma Yurdakul
          Çiprut, Ayça
        affil: Department of Audiology and Speech Disorders, Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Health Sciences, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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          Auditory Perception In Infancy and Childhood
          Speech-Language Pathology
          Language Disorders
          Speech Disorders
          Language Processing
          Language Development
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          Case Control Studies
          Electrophysiology
          Hearing Tests
          Language Tests
          Speech and Language Assessment
          Speech Articulation Tests
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          Data Analysis Software
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          Language Evaluation
          Parametric Statistics
          Child Behavior Evaluation
          Speech Intelligibility
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          Female
      ab: Background: The spectral and temporal components of the acoustic signal are processed in the central auditory system and contribute to speech and language processing. Purpose: This study aimed to assess the spectral and temporal auditory processing skills in children with a history of speech and language delay in early childhood. Research Design: The following tests were conducted to address our purpose: frequency following response test, temporal modulation transfer function test, spectral temporally modulated ripple test, and speech intelligibility in noise test. Study Sample: Thirty children aged 7--12 years with a history of speech and language delay in early childhood who caught up with their typically developing peers in middle childhood comprised the test group, and 30 children aged 7--12 years with typical development were included as the control group. Age- and sex-matched groups had typical hearing (audiometric thresholds between 125 Hz and 8 kHz ≤20-dB HL) without middle-ear pathology. Data Collection and Analysis: All tests were performed in a soundproof room, in a controlled environment, in accordance with established protocols and with the cooperation of the children. Shapiro--Wilk (n < 50) and skewness--kurtosis tests were used to determine whether continuous measurements were normally distributed. In the statistical analysis of normally distributed data, an independent t test was used to compare the measurement values according to categorical groups and the Pearson correlation test was used to determine the correlations between the measurement values. Results: The test group scored significantly lower than the control group on the temporal modulation transfer function test, spectral temporal modulation ripple test, and speech intelligibility in noise test (p < 0.05). When the onset, transient, sustained, and offset responses that constitute the frequency following response were analyzed, it was found that there were delays in the onset and offset responses in the test group compared to the control group (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The results suggest that children with a history of speech and language delay in early childhood may have difficulties with auditory processing skills compared to their peers, even if they catch up with their typically developing peers in speech and language skills in middle childhood. Therefore, it is also critical to perform an auditory processing assessment in addition to speech and language assessment.
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