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{"title":"Factors Associated With Self-Reported Hearing Difficulty on the Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory and Its Relationship With Hearing Aid Use: Findings From the Population-Based Survey of the Health of Wisconsin.","authors":"Lauren K Dillard, Judy R Dubno, Erin R Nelson-Bakkum, Amy Schultz","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00407","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aims to determine the (a) factors associated with self-reported hearing difficulty and (b) relationship of self-reported hearing difficulty with hearing aid use.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted among participants of the population-based Survey of the Health of Wisconsin cohort who self-reported hearing loss. Among those participants, self-reported hearing difficulty was measured using the Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory, screening version (RHHI-S). We used age- and sex-adjusted linear and logistic regression models, respectively, to evaluate associations of (a) demographic, hearing- and health-related factors with RHHI-S scores, and (b) RHHI-S scores with self-reported hearing aid use. Results are presented as regression coefficients or odds ratios (<i>OR</i>s) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study included 137 participants, with a mean age of 63.7 (<i>SD</i> = 12.1) years, 48.2% male, and 24.3% Black race. Participants' mean RHHI-S score was 11.0 (<i>SD</i> = 10.9) points. Factors associated with higher RHHI-S scores included male sex (among participants ≥ 65 years), younger age of self-reported hearing loss onset, high school/GED education or less (among participants < 65 years), marital status (never married), tinnitus, history of dizziness or balance problems, and occupational noise exposure. The prevalence of hearing aid use was 23.2%. Every +2-point increase on the RHHI-S was associated with approximately 25% higher odds (<i>OR</i> = 1.25, 95% CI [1.12, 1.39]) of hearing aid use.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Demographic, hearing-, and health-related factors were associated with RHHI-S scores, and higher RHHI-S scores were strongly associated with hearing aid use. Findings could inform the implementation of self-reported hearing difficulty tools in clinical and research settings.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.30140890.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145133246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Translating the Power of Precision Medicine Into the World of Communication Disorders.","authors":"Beate Peter, Jennifer Davis, Laurel Bruce, Lizbeth Finestack, Miriam Kornelis, Linda Eng, Yookyung Kim, Nancy Scherer, Nancy Potter, Mark VanDam, Lauren Thompson, Susan Loveall, Carol Stoel-Gammon, Caitlin Raaz, Amy Armstrong-Heimsoth, Sue Buckley","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Precision medicine is an emerging approach to medical diagnostics, prognostics, and intervention that takes an individual's genetic, environmental, and lifestyle-related profile into account to improve outcomes in medical conditions such as diabetes and cancer. Here, we explore how principles of precision medicine can be leveraged in the field of speech-language pathology.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We reviewed the literature and report the following: (a) brief introduction to precision medicine, (b) review of a prophylactic intervention for infants at a genetic risk for speech/language disorders, (c) potential approaches to leveraging endophenotypes for individualized interventions in dyslexia, and (d) identified barriers and opportunities for incorporating precision medicine more broadly into the field of communication sciences and disorders.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An established example of a prophylactic intervention based on known genotype-phenotype associations is Babble Boot Camp (BBC), a novel personalized and proactive intervention designed to foster precursor and early communication skills of infants at a predictable genetic risk. We describe a successful clinical trial of BBC for infants at a genetic risk due to classic galactosemia and pilot trials for infants with Down syndrome. An experimental example of personalization is addressing the information processing mode shared by some individuals with dyslexia, namely, diminished sensory gating.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>To implement principles of precision medicine in disorders of spoken and written communication more broadly, novel ways of identifying young children at risk are needed. As more genotype-phenotype discoveries and gene therapies come online, training in genetics can equip clinicians to recognize signs of a genetic disorder, make appropriate referrals, and personalize therapeutic approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145133303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of Children With Hearing Loss on Parents' Work and Social Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Psychological Inflexibility and Psychological Distress.","authors":"Ying Yang, Yao Wang, Yu-Xin Zhang, Hong-Yan Huang, Cheng-Yi Qu, Shu-Feng Wang","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Our study aimed to validate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) in a group of parents of children with hearing loss (CHL), to explore the factors influencing the work and social adjustment (WSA) of parents of CHL, and to verify whether the association between CHL and parents' WSA was mediated by psychological inflexibility and psychological distress.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Two hundred sixty-three CHL and their parents were involved in the study. Cronbach's alpha coefficient, intraclass correlation coefficient, exploratory factor analysis, and Spearman's correlation coefficient were used to verify the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the WSAS. Multivariable binary logistic regression identified factors associated with parents' WSA. A structural equation model was utilized to clarify the relationship among CHL, parents' psychological inflexibility and distress, and the WSA of the parents.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Chinese version of WSAS had good reliability and validity, which provided an indicator for assessing the WSA of families of CHL in China. Fitting hearing-assistive devices on both ears for CHL was a protective factor for parents' WSA, while being a male with hearing loss was a risk factor for parents' WSA. Furthermore, older parents, higher education levels, psychological inflexibility, and psychological distress for family members were associated with poorer WSA. Most importantly, the structural equation model showed that psychological inflexibility and psychological distress played a mediating role between CHL and parents' WSA.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The psychological inflexibility and psychological distress of family members of CHL deserve close attention from medical workers during the rehabilitation of CHL. Our findings provide the theoretical basis for reducing CHL parents' psychological inflexibility and psychological distress and improving the WSA of parents.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145133296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Important Modulation Frequency Components of Temporal Amplitude Envelope Contributing to Vocal Emotion Perception.","authors":"Taiyang Guo, Shunsuke Kidani, Takuto Isoyama, Peter Birkholz, Masato Akagi, Masashi Unoki","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00825","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00825","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Previous studies using noise-vocoded speech (NVS) have demonstrated the significance of the temporal amplitude envelope (TAE) of speech signals, such as modulation perception, in vocal emotion perception. In addition, due to the importance of modulation processing for TAE in speech perception, researchers began to focus on the role of TAE modulation components. A previous study suggested the contributions of modulation frequency components in vocal emotion perception. However, the important components remain unclear. This study aims to clarify the important components in vocal emotion perception.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Two experiments on vocal emotion perception using NVS were conducted with 10 native Japanese speakers (two women and eight men). In NVS generation, a modulation filterbank (MFB) is used to simulate modulation perception in the auditory system. The modulation frequency components of TAE are bandpass and bandstop filtered using the filterbank. The contributions of the individual modulation frequency components are evaluated by comparing the emotion recognition rates of NVS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results indicate that the use of an MFB does not affect emotion perception in NVS. The modulation frequency components within the 0- to 16-Hz band are important for each emotion, as well as for all emotions collectively. The important modulation frequency components for vocal emotion perception may differ slightly between positive and negative emotions. However, this observation should be interpreted cautiously and needs more verification due to the imbalance in the number of emotional categories in this study.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study investigated the important modulation frequency components of TAE that contribute to vocal emotion perception and suggested that modulation frequency components in the 0- to 16-Hz band are important components in vocal emotion perception.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4205-4219"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144765909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of Language Background and Grade Level on Fricative Production of Children Learning Mandarin in a Chinese-English Bilingual Program.","authors":"Lujia Yang, Karen Pollock, Youran Lin, Benjamin V Tucker, Fangfang Li","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00061","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aims to examine how language background and grade level influence the voiceless sibilant fricative production of two groups of children enrolled in a Mandarin-English bilingual school in Canada. One group of children was exposed to Mandarin at home as heritage language (HL), and the other group had little to no exposure to Mandarin until they started learning it as a second language (L2) at school.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Eighty-two children in Grades 1, 3, or 5 as well as 12 teachers engaged in picture-naming tasks in both English and Mandarin. Their speech production of voiceless sibilant fricatives was analyzed using both transcription and acoustic methods. The center of gravity (CoG) and F2 onset of the vowel following the fricatives were measured in the acoustic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both groups of children exhibited high accuracy rates in producing English /s/ and /ʃ/ and were able to distinguish the two English fricatives based on the CoG regardless of their grade level. For Mandarin fricatives, children in the higher grades achieved higher accuracy rates. Mandarin HL speakers had a higher accuracy rate than Mandarin L2 speakers, with their productions more closely resembling teachers' productions. The CoG distinguished all three Mandarin fricatives regardless of grade level and language background. However, significant differences in F2 onset were only observed in the HL group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The finding that unshared fricatives were more difficult than shared ones, along with the significant impact of language background-but not grade level-on the accuracy of fricatives unique to Mandarin, suggests that students, even in higher grades, can benefit from more explicit teaching. The developmental patterns and error trends identified in this study can serve as a reference for speech assessment and aid in planning treatment or instructional sessions.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4236-4255"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144877918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Temporal and Spectral Cues for Phoneme Perception in School-Age Children and Adults.","authors":"Stacey L G Kane, Lori J Leibold, Heather L Porter, John H Grose, Emily Buss","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00701","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study considered the impact of spectral and temporal smearing on vowel and consonant discrimination in school-age children and adults with normal hearing (NH). The overall purpose of this work was to test the hypothesis that degraded spectral cues preferentially impact vowel discrimination, while reduced access to temporal cues preferentially affects consonant discrimination. This work is a first step toward understanding how the effects of poor spectral and temporal resolution may affect phonological awareness and speech perception in children with cochlear hearing loss (C-HL) and auditory neuropathy (AN).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were 10 young adults and 18 school-age children with NH. Speech perception testing included vowel and consonant minimal pair discrimination for stimuli that were either unprocessed, spectrally smeared, or temporally smeared. All participants completed psychophysical estimates of spectral, temporal, and intensity resolution as well as standardized assessments of phonological awareness and receptive vocabulary.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Psychophysical estimates of spectral, temporal, and intensity resolution for unprocessed stimuli were consistent with previous literature, including improvement in thresholds as a function of child age. As predicted for both age groups, spectral smearing had greater effects on vowel discrimination, while temporal smearing had greater effects on consonant discrimination with minimal pairs differentiated by either presence/absence of a stop consonant or voicing. All participants demonstrated normal, age-adjusted, phonological awareness, and receptive vocabulary skills.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>For both children and adults, degraded spectral and temporal cues differentially affected access to vowel and consonant information. These results suggest the need for further investigations evaluating the effects of long-term reductions in access to spectral and temporal cues in children with hearing loss. This topic is particularly relevant to hearing losses such as C-HL and AN, which are primarily characterized by reduced perception of spectral and temporal acoustic cues, respectively.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.29660819.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4447-4459"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12453024/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144802465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Estimating Lung Volume During Cough: A Comparison of Respiratory Calibration Tasks and Methodologies.","authors":"James C Borders, Jessica E Huber, Michelle S Troche","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00237","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00237","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Effective cough function requires sufficient respiratory support. To estimate lung volume, respiratory inductance plethysmography measures circumferential changes of the rib cage (RC) and abdomen (AB) during various behaviors, such as coughing. During speech breathing, the accuracy of these estimates is influenced by calibration tasks and analysis methods. Measurement error can introduce bias and confound results, yet the optimal approach for assessing lung volume during cough remains unclear.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Twenty participants with Parkinson's disease (<i>M</i>_age = 69 years; <i>M</i> disease duration = 11.39 years) completed three respiratory calibration tasks: (a) rest breathing, (b) cough-like breathing (\"breathe in like you're going to cough, then breathe out forcefully without coughing\"), and (c) single voluntary coughs (\"cough hard one time\"). Lung volume estimation error was calculated by comparing the estimated lung volume signal to the spirometry signal across tasks and task combinations. Error was also assessed across three analysis methods: the Banzett method (2:1 weighting for RC and AB) and two least squares methods-one correcting for both the RC and AB signals (LsqRC/AB) and another holding the AB constant (LsqRC).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean lung volume estimation error was 4.68% for LsqRC/AB, 9.88% for LsqRC, and 14.24% for the Banzett method. LsqRC/AB yielded significantly lower estimation error than both the LsqRC (<i>p</i> < .001, <i>d</i> = -1.14) and Banzett methods (<i>p</i> < .001, <i>d</i> = 1.69). Calibration task had no significant effect on estimation error (<i>p</i> = .889).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The least squares method correcting for both the RC and AB (LsqRC/AB) provides the most precise lung volume estimates during cough. Error associated with the Banzett method exceeded previously reported values for speech breathing by more than 50%. Additional calibration tasks beyond rest breathing may not be necessary to meaningfully reduce lung volume error for cough measurement.</p><p><strong>Open science form: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.29657360.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4290-4296"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144877916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conversational-Communicative Experience and Theory of Mind: A Study of Diverse Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children.","authors":"Chi-Lin Yu, Christopher M Stanzione, Lee Branum-Martin, Amy R Lederberg","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00781","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00781","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children's language development and delays are well documented, yet less is known about their delays in theory of mind (ToM) development. Importantly, conversational-communicative experiences, language competence, and teacher/parent influences loom large. The present study examined ToM development and the potential factors underlying such delays in DHH children varying in the nature of their conversational-communicative experiences, particularly their hearing and signing experiences.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Three groups of 5- to 9-year-old DHH children were tested between 2012 and 2014 (<i>N</i> = 210; 59% White; 58% female) for their language and ToM: children acquiring only spoken English (<i>n</i> = 59), children acquiring only sign (<i>n</i> = 97), and bimodal children acquiring both (<i>n</i> = 54).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For children acquiring only spoken English, more accumulated hearing experience, indexed by the length of using advanced hearing devices, improved their ToM. For children acquiring only sign, more signing experience, indexed by having a signing DHH parent, improved their ToM. For bimodal children acquiring both, accumulated hearing and signing experiences are influential. Language competence mediated this relationship for all groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings demonstrate the importance of communicative-conversational experience, in the form of both signing and hearing, for ToM development generally and for diverse DHH children specifically.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.29847383.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4506-4517"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144986269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Temporal Dynamics of Electroencephalography Microstates Reveal Altered Attention Processing in Individuals With Prelingual Deafness.","authors":"Tongao Zeng, Niannian Wang, Han Zhu, Hongli Xiao, Fuxiang Li, Hao Li, Xin Wei, Jie Chen, Fuyi Yang, Hailin Ma","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00647","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00647","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Brain network dysfunction is associated with many diseases. Electroencephalography (EEG) microstates provide valuable insights into brain dynamics and the connection between abnormal brain activity and cognitive functions. However, few studies have examined the relationship between microstate patterns and attentional functions in deaf individuals. This study explores how hearing loss and sign language experience influence attentional processing in deaf individuals using EEG microstates.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Thirty-nine prelingual deaf signers, 39 hearing nonsigners, and 27 hearing signers participated. Resting-state EEG and Attention Network Test data were collected. Using an improved <i>k</i>-means clustering method, microstate time series were generated, and microstate parameters were compared across the groups. Regression analyses assessed correlations between microstate features and attentional functions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Deaf and hearing signers showed similar alerting variability, significantly more stable than hearing nonsigners. Hearing signers activated Microstate C (salience network) more frequently and relied less on Microstate A (auditory network), suggesting that sign language experience influences alerting. Deaf signers displayed lower executive control than both hearing nonsigners and hearing signers, with no significant difference between the latter two groups. Furthermore, deaf signers had reduced activation in Microstate D (attention network), and microstate parameters significantly predicted executive control variability. This suggests that hearing loss disrupts executive control efficiency. However, all three groups performed similarly on orienting functions and Microstate B (visual network), indicating that these functions are unaffected by auditory deprivation or sign language experience.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results suggest that salience network plasticity from sign language experience helps mitigate alerting deficits, while auditory deprivation causes dysfunction in attention networks and executive functions. EEG microstates offer insights into the neurophysiological mechanisms behind sensory deprivation.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4429-4446"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144765910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Accommodating Talker Variability in Noise With Context Cues: The Case of Cantonese Tones.","authors":"Kaile Zhang, Gang Peng","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00511","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00511","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Listeners often rely on context cues to manage talker variability in speech and achieve perceptual constancy, a process known as extrinsic normalization. However, everyday communication typically involves both talker variability and noise, and the interaction between these factors is not well understood. This study examined the effects of different noise types and levels on listeners' ability to use contextual cues for adapting to talker variability and additionally explored the role of attentional control in this process.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Thirty-seven young native Cantonese speakers participated in a speech perception task to identify Cantonese tones from four different talkers using speech contexts provided in either quiet or noisy environments. The study tested various signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs; 10, 5, 0, -5, and -10 dB) and noise types (babble noise [BN] and babble-modulated speech-shaped noise [BMN]). Attentional control was measured using the Stroop Color-Word Test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Listeners were able to use context cues to adapt to talker variability in Cantonese tones at SNRs of 0 dB and above. The effectiveness of using context cues decreased as the SNR lowered. BN created more difficulty for extrinsic normalization than BMN at -5 and -10 dB SNRs. Notably, listeners with lower Stroop interference scores demonstrated better extrinsic normalization in BMN and at 10 and 0 dB SNRs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Listeners can effectively use context cues to adapt to talker variability in Cantonese tones under low-to-moderate noise conditions. However, high noise levels significantly hinder this ability. BN presents greater challenges than BMN at lower SNRs, likely due to increased informational masking. Attentional control plays a crucial role in facilitating extrinsic normalization in specific noise conditions.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.29621342.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4188-4204"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144765954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}