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Perception of transient nonspeech stimuli is normal in specific language impairment: Evidence from glide discrimination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2005

D. V. M. BISHOP ,
C. V. ADAMS ,
K. NATION  and
S. ROSEN
D. V. M. BISHOP
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
C. V. ADAMS
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
K. NATION
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
S. ROSEN
Affiliation:
University College London
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Abstract

Twenty 9- to 12-year-olds with specific language impairment (SLI) were compared with 18 age-matched controls on auditory discrimination tasks, using a three-interval, two-alternative forced-choice format. The first task used minimal word pairs in silence and in noise. Nonspeech tasks involved discriminating direction of frequency glides and had two versions: (a) the glide moved from 500 to 1500 Hz, and duration was adaptively decreased; (b) all glides lasted 250 ms, and the frequency range was adaptively modified until a threshold was reached. Control and SLI groups did not differ on the glide tasks. Around half the children in both groups accurately discriminated 20 ms glides. There was a small but significant group difference on the speech-in-noise task, and scores were weakly related to literacy level. Perception of brief, transient, nonspeech stimuli is not abnormal in the majority of school-aged children with SLI.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 175 - 194
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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