<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We examined the understanding of emotional speech by deaf children with cochlear implant (CI). Thirty deaf children with CI and 60 typically developing controls (matched on chronological age or hearing age) performed a computerized task featuring emotional prosody, either embedded in a discrepant context or without any context at all. Across the task conditions, the deaf participants with CI scored lower on the prosody-bases responses than their peers matched on chronological age or hearing age. Additionally, we analyzed the effect of age on determining correct prosody-based responses and we found that hearing age was a predictor of the accuracy of prosody-based responses. We discuss these findings with respect to delay in prosody and intermodal processing. Future research should aim to specify the nature of the cognitive processes that would be required to process prosody.</p></abstract>

We examined the understanding of emotional speech by deaf children with cochlear implant (CI). Thirty deaf children with CI and 60 typically developing controls (matched on chronological age or hearing age) performed a computerized task featuring emotional prosody, either embedded in a discrepant context or without any context at all. Across the task conditions, the deaf participants with CI scored lower on the prosody-bases responses than their peers matched on chronological age or hearing age. Additionally, we analyzed the effect of age on determining correct prosody-based responses and we found that hearing age was a predictor of the accuracy of prosody-based responses. We discuss these findings with respect to delay in prosody and intermodal processing. Future research should aim to specify the nature of the cognitive processes that would be required to process prosody.

Emotional Speech Comprehension in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implant

sandrine.lesourn-bissaoui@univ-rennes2.fr

Psychology of Language and Communication

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We examined the understanding of emotional speech by deaf children with cochlear implant (CI). Thirty deaf children with CI and 60 typically developing...

Emotional Speech Comprehension in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implant

Published Online: Apr 13, 2020

Page range: 44 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2020-0003

Keywords
Emotional speech, Prosody, Deaf children, Implant cochlear, Pragmatic abilities

© 2020 Gaïd Le Maner-Idrissi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Emotional Speech Comprehension in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implant

Published Online: Apr 13, 2020

Page range: 44 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2020-0003

KeywordsEmotional speech, Prosody, Deaf children, Implant cochlear, Pragmatic abilities

© 2020 Gaïd Le Maner-Idrissi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Emotional speech, Prosody, Deaf children, Implant cochlear, Pragmatic abilities