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Children's Performance On A Binaural Fusion Task

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research

Volume

24

Issue

4

First Page

520

Last Page

525

Abstract

Binaural auditory fusion of 108 children (4, 6, and 8 years old) was studied using three lists of monosyllabic words (WIPI) presented at two sensation levels (30 and 40 dB). The words were processed to produce three bandwidth conditions (100, 300, 600Hz) and were administered via three presentation modes (binaural fusion 1, diotic, binaural fusion 2). Results showed improved discrimination scores with increasing age, sensation level, and filter brandwidth. Diotic scores were better than binaural fusion scores for the narrower brandwidth conditions, but the diotic enhancement effect was seriously compromised in the widest brandwidth (600 Hz) condition. The results confirmed the contention that prior research results were equivocal due, in large measure, to procedural variability. Methods for reducing such variability and enhancing the clinical viability of binaural fusion tasks are suggested.

Department

Department of Communicative Disorders

Original Publication Date

1-1-1981

DOI of published version

10.1044/jshr.2404.520

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