OBJECTIVES Verbal communication depends on a good function of voice and speech organs. Some of the voice characteristics of deaf people differ considerably from those of speakers with normal hearing. After cochlear implantation (CI), auditory control of voice production is possible and the quality of the voice is improved. CI improves quality of voice, speech and hearing with deafness. The aim ...

This study sought to establish the role of music in speech intelligibility of learners with Post Lingual Hearing Impairment (PLHI) and strategies teachers used to enhance speech intelligibility in learners with PLHI in selected special units for the deaf in Lusaka district. The study used a descriptive research design. Qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. A total of 100 resp...

introduction: speech intelligibility, the ability to be understood verbally by listeners, is the gold standard for assessing the effectiveness of cochlear implantation. thus, the goal of this study was to compare the speech intelligibility between normal-hearing and cochlear-implanted children using the persian intelligibility test.   materials and methods: twenty-six cochlear-implanted childre...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to present our findings on the impact of the Blom tracheotomy tube with speech inner cannula on voice production abilities and speech intelligibility scores of ventilator-dependent patients requiring a fully inflated tracheotomy tube cuff. METHODS Prospective single group case-series design permitted consecutive accrual of 23 adult inpatients from acut...

Speech perception is the key to verbal communication. For people with hearing loss, capability recognize speech restricted, particularly in a noisy environment or situations without visual cues, such as lip-reading unavailable via phone call. This study aimed understand improvement of vocoded intelligibility cochlear implant (CI) simulation through two potential methods: 1) enhancement (SE) and...

Intelligibility has been described as “ . . . the functional common denominator of verbal behavior” (Kent, Miolo, & Bloedel, 1994, p. 81). It should not therefore come as a surprise that intelligibility of speech has been the focus of investigations into speech problems associated with a number of different populations (this issue is also discussed in Chapter 5). Studies in this area have inclu...

    Background: Intelligibility refers to understandability of speech; and lack of it can negatively affect children’s overall communication effectiveness. Children with repaired cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P) may experience poor speech intelligibility. This study aimed at evaluating speech intelligibility in children with repaired CL/P who had not been referred to sp...