Speechreading in hearing children can be improved by training

Visual information conveyed by a speaking face aids speech perception. In addition, children's ability to comprehend visual-only speech (speechreading ability) is related to phonological awareness and reading skills in both deaf and hearing children. We tested whether training speechreading wou...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Buchanan-Worster, E. (Author), Dennan, R. (Author), Hulme, C. (Author), MacSweeney, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc 2021
Subjects:
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher
LEADER 02673nam a2200421Ia 4500
001 10.1111-desc.13124
008 220427s2021 CNT 000 0 und d
020 |a 1363755X (ISSN) 
245 1 0 |a Speechreading in hearing children can be improved by training 
260 0 |b John Wiley and Sons Inc  |c 2021 
856 |z View Fulltext in Publisher  |u https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13124 
520 3 |a Visual information conveyed by a speaking face aids speech perception. In addition, children's ability to comprehend visual-only speech (speechreading ability) is related to phonological awareness and reading skills in both deaf and hearing children. We tested whether training speechreading would improve speechreading, phoneme blending, and reading ability in hearing children. Ninety-two hearing 4- to 5-year-old children were randomised into two groups: business-as-usual controls, and an intervention group, who completed three weeks of computerised speechreading training. The intervention group showed greater improvements in speechreading than the control group at post-test both immediately after training and 3 months later. This was the case for both trained and untrained words. There were no group effects on the phonological awareness or single-word reading tasks, although those with the lowest phoneme blending scores did show greater improvements in blending as a result of training. The improvement in speechreading in hearing children following brief training is encouraging. The results are also important in suggesting a hypothesis for future investigation: that a focus on visual speech information may contribute to phonological skills, not only in deaf children but also in hearing children who are at risk of reading difficulties. A video abstract of this article can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBdpliGkbkY. © 2021 The Authors. Developmental Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd 
650 0 4 |a Child, Preschool 
650 0 4 |a controlled study 
650 0 4 |a Deafness 
650 0 4 |a hearing 
650 0 4 |a hearing 
650 0 4 |a Hearing 
650 0 4 |a hearing impairment 
650 0 4 |a human 
650 0 4 |a Humans 
650 0 4 |a lip reading 
650 0 4 |a Lipreading 
650 0 4 |a phonetics 
650 0 4 |a Phonetics 
650 0 4 |a phonological awareness 
650 0 4 |a preschool child 
650 0 4 |a randomized controlled trial 
650 0 4 |a reading 
650 0 4 |a reading 
650 0 4 |a Reading 
650 0 4 |a speechreading 
650 0 4 |a training 
700 1 |a Buchanan-Worster, E.  |e author 
700 1 |a Dennan, R.  |e author 
700 1 |a Hulme, C.  |e author 
700 1 |a MacSweeney, M.  |e author 
773 |t Developmental Science