Similar use of intonation structure in early implanted children and hearing children
The case of Italian
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20342870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paola Zanchi (0000-0002-0985-2301, corresponding author), Laura Zampini (0000-0002-2207-0179), Luca Pancani (0000-0002-7834-3826), Roberta Berici (University of Milano-Bicocca), Mariapaola D’Imperio (0000-0001-5122-4555, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 507-526 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | First Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-7237 • E-ISSN: 1740-2344 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0142723720986052 |
| OpenAlex | W3121569568 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 37 |
This work presents an analysis of the intonation competence in a group of Italian children with cochlear implant (CI). Early cochlear implantation plays a crucial role in language development for children who were born deaf in that it favours the acquisition of complex aspects of language, such as the intonation structure. A story-generation task, the Narrative Competence Task, was used to elicit children’s stories. Narrations produced by 8 early implanted children and by 16 children with typically hearing (TH) (8 one-to-one matched considering the chronological age, TH-CA, and 8 considering the hearing age, TH-HA) were analysed considering intonation features (pitch accent distribution, edge tones and inner breaks). Results show that children with CI produce intonation patterns that are similar to those of both TH-CA and TH-HA control groups. Few significant differences were found only between children with CI and children matched for TH-HA in the use of rising edge tones. These results are discussed in light of the role of cognitive development in using prosody and intonation and the importance of early CI implantation. This study shows for the first time that intonation use of early implanted children is not different from that of typically developing children with the same chronological age
Audiology · Cochlear implant · Cochlear implantation · Competence (human resources) · Developmental psychology · Intonation (linguistics) · Language development · Linguistics · Prosody · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Medicine · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
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