Preprint_Schiller et al. (in press) - Effects of noise and a speaker's impaired voice quality on school-aged children's spoken language processing - a systematic review and meta-analysis.pdf
[en] Purpose: Background noise and voice problems among teachers can degrade listening conditions in classrooms. The aim of this literature review is to understand how these acoustic degradations affect spoken language processing in 6-18-year-old children. Method: In a narrative report and meta-analysis, we systematically review studies that examined the effects of noise and/or impaired voice on children’s response accuracy and response time (RT) in listening tasks. We propose the SPADE framework to classify relevant findings according to three processing dimensions – speech perception, listening comprehension, and auditory working memory – and highlight potential moderators. Results: Thirty-one studies are included in this systematic review. Our meta-analysis shows that noise can impede children’s accuracy in listening tasks across all processing dimensions (Cohen’s d between –0.67 and –2.65, depending on signal-to-noise ratio), and that impaired voice lowers children’s accuracy in listening comprehension tasks (d = –0.35). A handful of studies assessed RT, but results are inconclusive. The impact of noise and impaired voice can be moderated by listener-, task-, environmental-, and exposure factors. The interaction between noise and impaired voice remains under-investigated. Conclusions: Overall, this review suggests that children have more trouble perceiving speech, processing verbal messages, and recalling verbal information when listening to speech in noise or to a dysphonic speaker. Impoverished speech input could impede pupils’ motivation and academic performance at school.
Research Center/Unit :
PsyNCog - Psychologie et Neuroscience Cognitives - ULiège EQUALE - Évaluation et Qualité de l'Enseignement - ULiège
Schiller, Isabel ; RWTH Aachen University > Institute of Psychology > Teaching and Research Area Work and Engineering Psychology
Remacle, Angélique ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculty of Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, and Educational Sciences > Research Unit for a Life-Course Perspective on Health & Education
Durieux, Nancy ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculty of Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, and Educational Sciences > Research Unit for a Life-Course Perspective on Health & Education
Morsomme, Dominique ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculty of Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, and Educational Sciences > Research Unit for a Life-Course Perspective on Health & Education
Language :
English
Title :
Effects of noise and a speaker’s impaired voice quality on spoken language processing in school-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Publication date :
January 2022
Journal title :
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
ISSN :
1092-4388
eISSN :
1558-9102
Publisher :
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, United States - Maryland
Volume :
65
Pages :
169-199
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
Spoken language processing in children: Effects of noise and the speaker's voice quality
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