TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of audiovisual speech training on the phonological skills of children with specific language impairment (SLI)
AU - Heikkilä, Jenni
AU - Lonka, Eila
AU - Meronen, Auli
AU - Tuovinen, Sisko
AU - Eronen, Raija
AU - Leppänen, Paavo
AU - Richardson, Ulla
AU - Ahonen, Timo
AU - Tiippana, Kaisa
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - We developed a computerized audiovisual training programme for school-aged children with specific language impairment (SLI) to improve their phonological skills. The programme included various tasks requiring phonological decisions. Spoken words, pictures, letters and written syllables were used as training material. Spoken words were presented either as audiovisual speech (together with the talking face), or as auditory speech (voice alone). Two groups (10 children/group) trained for six weeks, five days per week: the audiovisual group trained with audiovisual speech, and the other group received analogically the same training but with auditory speech. Before and after training, language skills and other cognitive skills were assessed. The audiovisual group improved in a non-word-repetition test. Such improvement was not observed with auditory training. This result suggests that audiovisual speech may be helpful in the rehabilitation of children with SLI.
AB - We developed a computerized audiovisual training programme for school-aged children with specific language impairment (SLI) to improve their phonological skills. The programme included various tasks requiring phonological decisions. Spoken words, pictures, letters and written syllables were used as training material. Spoken words were presented either as audiovisual speech (together with the talking face), or as auditory speech (voice alone). Two groups (10 children/group) trained for six weeks, five days per week: the audiovisual group trained with audiovisual speech, and the other group received analogically the same training but with auditory speech. Before and after training, language skills and other cognitive skills were assessed. The audiovisual group improved in a non-word-repetition test. Such improvement was not observed with auditory training. This result suggests that audiovisual speech may be helpful in the rehabilitation of children with SLI.
KW - 515 Psychology
U2 - 10.1177/0265659018793697
DO - 10.1177/0265659018793697
M3 - Article
VL - 34
SP - 269
EP - 287
JO - Child Language Teaching and Therapy
JF - Child Language Teaching and Therapy
SN - 0265-6590
IS - 3
ER -