GUO Qian-qian,MENG Chao,LV Jing,et al.The Accuracy and Substitution Error Types of the Mandarin Consonants Production in Children with Cochlear Implants[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2025,23(03):228-231.
GUO Qian-qian,MENG Chao,LV Jing,et al.The Accuracy and Substitution Error Types of the Mandarin Consonants Production in Children with Cochlear Implants[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2025,23(03):228-231.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-4933.2025.03.002.
The Accuracy and Substitution Error Types of the Mandarin Consonants Production in Children with Cochlear Implants
To analyze the accuracy of consonants production and the substitution error in Mandarin-speaking prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants.
Methods
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30 prelingually deaf children at mean age of 3.83 years (SD=1.53) who received unilateral cochlear implantation (CI) under the age of 3 while 30 age-matched normal hearing (NH) children at mean age of 4.13 years (SD=0.54) were participated in the test. We selected word lists developed by Institute of Linguistics
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The accuracy of the consonants (stop b/d/p/t/k/g
affricate j/q/z/c/zh/ch
and fricative sh/s/x/f/h) and substitution error type was analyzed.
Results
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① The accuracy of the all the test consonants in the CI group was lower than that in the NH group. The accuracy of the affricate and fricative in the two groups was significantly different (
P
<0.001). In terms of articulation place
the accuracy of alveolar in CI group was (especially alveolar fricative and affricate) significantly lower than in the NH group (
P
<0.001). ② Error type: The error type of CI children's pronunciation was similar to NH group. The main error was substitution error in that the both of the groups showed mutual substitution between alveolar and retroflex
but the degree of confusion in CI group was higher. Each consonant was easily replaced by fricative /h/.
Conclusion
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The ability of consonant production in CI group was poorer than that in NH group
CI children achieved higher stop consonant scores but lower alveolar accuracy. The error type of CI children's consonant output was similar to NH group
but a little difference in substitution errors and a higher degree of confusion
which suggests that hearing impairment and pronunciation posture both affected consonant production in CI children.
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