Two experiments investigated the perception of compound vs. phrasal stress and narrow focus in normally hearing children and children with Cochlear Implants (CI). Additionally, we investigated whether musical experience would predict children's performance in these tasks. The results showed no difference between CI and normal-hearing (NH) children in either experiment. However, whereas we found no clear effect of age in the children's stress detection, there was a clear age related trajectory in the ability to recognise (narrow) focus. Moreover, this trend was similar to what has been found previously for English children. Importantly, prior music experience was significantly linked to CI children's perception of focus.
Cite as: Torppa, R., Faulkner, A., Järvikivi, J., Vainio, M. (2010) Acquisition of focus by normal hearing and cochlear implanted children: the role of musical experience. Proc. Speech Prosody 2010, paper 977
@inproceedings{torppa10_speechprosody,
author={Ritva Torppa and Andrew Faulkner and Juhani Järvikivi and Martti Vainio},
title={{Acquisition of focus by normal hearing and cochlear implanted children: the role of musical experience}},
year=2010,
booktitle={Proc. Speech Prosody 2010},
pages={paper 977}
}