Bimodal benefit in categorical perception of lexical tones for Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants

Hao Zhang; Jing Zhang; Hongwei Ding; Gang Peng

Bimodal benefit in categorical perception of lexical tones for Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants

Hao Zhang, Jing Zhang, Hongwei Ding, Gang Peng

Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies

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Abstract

Bimodal hearing with the combined use of a cochlear implant (CI) and a contralateral hearing aid (HA) has been demonstrated beneficial for deaf individuals in many aspects of speech perception. However, it remains inconsistent whether CI users can obtain bimodal benefit in lexical tone perception. To disentangle this question, Mandarin-speaking children using a CI and an HA in opposite ears were recruited to conduct perceptual tasks with a tonal continuum varying from Tone 1 to Tone 2. All participants were assessed with CI only and CI + HA conditions. Results showed typical S-shaped
functions for the identification curves in both device conditions. Moreover, a sharper identification boundary and a higher peakedness score have been
exhibited for the CI + HA relative to the CI only condition. The findings suggested that CI children on the whole show categorical perception for Mandarin tones and bimodal hearing could enhance their tonal categorization ability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019)
Editors	Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain, Paul Warren
Pages	889-893
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-646-80069-1
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019
Event	The 19th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019) - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 5 Aug 2019 → 9 Aug 2019

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Conference	The 19th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019)
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	5/08/19 → 9/08/19

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bimodal hearing
categorical perception
Mandarin tones
cochlear implant
hearing aid

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Zhang, H, Zhang, J, Ding, H & Peng, G 2019, Bimodal benefit in categorical perception of lexical tones for Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants. in S Calhoun, P Escudero, M Tabain & P Warren (eds), Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). pp. 889-893, The 19th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019), Melbourne, Australia, 5/08/19. <http://hdl.handle.net/10397/95988>

Bimodal benefit in categorical perception of lexical tones for Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants. / Zhang, Hao; Zhang, Jing; Ding, Hongwei et al.
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). ed. / Sasha Calhoun; Paola Escudero; Marija Tabain; Paul Warren. 2019. p. 889-893.

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