Similar gaze behaviour during dialogue perception in congenitally deaf children with cochlear Implants and normal hearing children

Auteurs

Hidalgo C, Zielinski C, Chen S, Roman S, Truy E, Schön D

Les auteurs en lien sont membres de l'INS.

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D-CAP

Résumé

Abstract Background Perceptual and speech production abilities of children with cochlear implants (CIs) are usually tested by word and sentence repetition or naming tests. However, these tests are quite far apart from daily life linguistic contexts. Aim Here, we describe a way of investigating the link between language comprehension and anticipatory verbal behaviour promoting the use of more complex listening situations. Methods and Procedure The setup consists in watching the audio‐visual dialogue of two actors. Children's gaze switches from one speaker to the other serve as a proxy of their prediction abilities. Moreover, to better understand the basis and the impact of anticipatory behaviour, we also measured children's ability to understand the dialogue content, their speech perception and memory skills as well as their rhythmic skills, that also require temporal predictions. Importantly, we compared children with CI performances with those of an age‐matched group of children with normal hearing (NH). Outcomes and Results While children with CI revealed poorer speech perception and verbal working memory abilities than NH children, there was no difference in gaze anticipatory be

Abstract Background Perceptual and speech production abilities of children with cochlear implants (CIs) are usually tested by word and sentence repetition or naming tests. However, these tests are quite far apart from daily life linguistic contexts. Aim Here, we describe a way of investigating the link between language comprehension and anticipatory verbal behaviour promoting the use of more complex listening situations. Methods and Procedure The setup consists in watching the audio‐visual dialogue of two actors. Children’s gaze switches from one speaker to the other serve as a proxy of their prediction abilities. Moreover, to better understand the basis and the impact of anticipatory behaviour, we also measured children’s ability to understand the dialogue content, their speech perception and memory skills as well as their rhythmic skills, that also require temporal predictions. Importantly, we compared children with CI performances with those of an age‐matched group of children with normal hearing (NH). Outcomes and Results While children with CI revealed poorer speech perception and verbal working memory abilities than NH children, there was no difference in gaze anticipatory be

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