Preschoolers rely on rich speech representations to process variable speech

dc.contributor.authorCychosz, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorMahr, Tristan
dc.contributor.authorMunson, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorNewman, Rochelle
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Jan R.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-04T18:26:17Z
dc.date.available2023-10-04T18:26:17Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-10
dc.description.abstractTo learn language, children must map variable input to categories such as phones and words. How do children process variation and distinguish between variable pronunciations (“shoup” for soup) versus new words? The unique sensory experience of children with cochlear implants, who learn speech through their device's degraded signal, lends new insight into this question. In a mispronunciation sensitivity eyetracking task, children with implants (N = 33), and typical hearing (N = 24; 36–66 months; 36F, 19M; all non-Hispanic white), with larger vocabularies processed known words faster. But children with implants were less sensitive to mispronunciations than typical hearing controls. Thus, children of all hearing experiences use lexical knowledge to process familiar words but require detailed speech representations to process variable speech in real time.
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13922
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/dspace/sfeo-vbly
dc.identifier.citationCychosz, M., Mahr, T., Munson, B., Newman, R., & Edwards, J. R. (2023). Preschoolers rely on rich speech representations to process variable speech. Child Development, 94, e197–e214.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/30683
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Behavioral & Social Sciencesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtHearing & Speech Sciencesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.titlePreschoolers rely on rich speech representations to process variable speech
dc.typeArticle
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