GAMES TO MEASURE CHILDREN'S PERCEPTION OF SPEECH

成年人的言语感知通常是使用相似性测试来测试的，在相似性测试中，测试对象判断两个语音声音的相似性。这项任务对儿童来说往往是困难的，特别是听力受损的儿童，他们可能有沟通方面的困难。我们建议开发一个嵌入到游戏中的言语感知任务，供临床听力专家评估听力障碍儿童的言语感知。该软件将在四个群体中开发和测试：听力正常的成年人、听力正常的儿童、戴助听器的儿童和植入人工耳蜗的儿童。响应延迟数据将被用作语音声音感知相似性的衡量标准。该软件将利用数字信号处理器技术播放数字声音，并将响应延迟的多维缩放用于数据分析。该软件将利用塔克-戴维斯技术公司现有的软件和硬件产品线来产生和处理声音刺激。拟议的商业应用：拟议的研究是为临床听力专家开发一个软件程序，以评估儿童的言语感知和听力。它还可能被证明是一种有用的语音训练工具。

Speech perception in adults is typically tested using a similarity test, in which the test subject judges the similarity of two speech sounds. This task is often difficult for children, especially hearing-impaired children who may have difficulties communicating. We propose to develop a speech perception task embedded in a game for clinical audiologists to assess speech perception by hearing-impaired children. This software will be developed and tested with four groups: normal hearing adults, normal- hearing children, children with hearing aids, and children with cochlear implants. Response latency data will be used as a measure of perceived similarity of speech sounds. The software will make use of DSP technology in playing back digital sounds, and incorporate multi-dimensional scaling of response latencies for data analysis. The software will be designed to take advantage of Tucker-Davis Technologies' existing software and hardware product line for generating and manipulating sound stimuli. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The proposed research is to develop a software program for clinical audiologists to assess speech perception and hearing in children. It might also prove useful as a speech training tool.