GAMES TO MEASURE CHILDREN'S PERCEPTION OF SPEECH

成年人的言语感知通常使用相似度测试来测试，测试对象判断两个语音的相似度。这项任务对儿童来说通常很困难，尤其是听力受损的儿童，他们可能有沟通困难。我们建议开发一个嵌入在游戏中的语音感知任务，用于临床听力学家评估听障儿童的语音感知。该软件将在四组中进行开发和测试：正常听力的成年人、正常听力的儿童、戴助听器的儿童和戴人工耳蜗的儿童。响应延迟数据将被用来衡量语音的感知相似性。该软件将利用DSP技术播放数字声音，并将响应延迟的多维缩放纳入数据分析。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操纵声音刺激。拟议的商业应用：拟议的研究是为临床听力学家开发一个软件程序来评估儿童的语言感知和听力。它也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.