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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1993-8-13
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| pubmed:abstractText |
This study examined the effects of distance and postural position of both parents and children on the long-term and short-term spectral characteristics of speech produced by the parents. Thirty children (ages 2 months to 3 1/2 years) and their parents (30 mothers and 15 fathers) participated. Third-octave band and overall levels of the long-term average speech spectrum (LTASS) for each speech sample were analyzed in three postural positions and a 1-meter reference condition for each age category. Short-term spectral characteristics of three phonemes (/s/, /integral of/, /t integral of/) also were analyzed. Results show that typical levels at the input to a child's hearing aid microphone may be as much as 20 dB higher than those found in face-to-face adult conversation. Furthermore, the spectral shape may deviate substantially from an idealized version of the LTASS. Results of the short-term analysis reveal that the peak levels of the three selected phonemes often exceed the LTASS by more than the 12 dB that is often quoted to represent the 1% rms levels of speech in relation to the long-term average. Implications of these results for specific hearing losses are discussed.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jun
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| pubmed:issn |
0022-4685
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
36
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
609-20
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Acoustic Stimulation,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Auditory Threshold,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Ear, Inner,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Hearing,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Hearing Aids,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Hearing Loss, Sensorineural,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Longitudinal Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Parent-Child Relations,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Phonetics,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Posture,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Speech,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Speech Perception,
pubmed-meshheading:8331917-Verbal Behavior
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| pubmed:year |
1993
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Long-term and short-term characteristics of speech: implications for hearing aid selection for young children.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Case Reports
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