Titia Benders

Music in first-language acquisition

Tineke M. Snijders, Laura E. Hahn, Paula Fikkert, Titia Benders

Abstract In the current chapter, we address infants’ language-acquisition challenges in extracting regularities (such as phonemes, words, and phrases) from the variable acoustic input of the continuous signal of both speech and song. We review the (musical) characteristics of infant-directed speech and …

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Comparing to a Neurotypical Norm Is Normal in Autistic Language and Communication Research: A Cross-Sectional Systematic Review and Critical Analysis of Recent Literature

Harrie Reynolds, Titia Benders, Josje Verhagen

Background and aims: Autism research has traditionally been shaped by the idea that autistic people have "deficits" compared to neurotypical people. This approach often involves directly comparing the two groups, with the expectation that autistic people will perform worse. However, neurodiversity advocates …

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Music in first language acquisition

Tineke M. Snijders, Laura Hahn, Paula Fikkert, Titia Benders

In the current chapter, we address infants’ language-acquisition challenges in extracting regularities (such as phonemes, words and phrases) from the variable acoustic input of the continuous signal of both speech and song. We review the (musical) characteristics of infant-directed speech and song, …

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Music in first language acquisition

Titia Benders, Paula Fikkert, Tineke M. Snijders, Laura Hahn

In the current chapter, we address infants’ language-acquisition challenges in extracting regularities (such as phonemes, words and phrases) from the variable acoustic input of the continuous signal of both speech and song. We review the (musical) characteristics of infant-directed speech and song, …

Spoken language processing in noise by deaf and hard of hearing children: Effects of speaking rate

Rosanne Abrahamse, Rebecca Holt, Nan Xu Rattanasone, Titia Benders et autres

While school-aged children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) spend much of the day in classrooms or playgrounds, little is known about how aspects of these environments, such as fast speech and background noise, affect their ability to process sentences …

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Tongue root harmony cues for speech segmentation in multilingually raised infants learning languages with and without vowel harmony in Ghana (Africa)

Paul Okyere Omane, Natalie Boll‐Avetisyan, Titia Benders

Abstract This study investigated the hypothesis that 9- to 11-month-old multilingual infants learning Advanced Tongue Root (ATR) harmony languages (such as Akan) alongside other non-vowel harmony languages in Ghana (Africa) can use ATR harmony cues for speech segmentation. Using the central fixation …

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The acquisition of plain–emphatic consonant contrasts by Arabic-speaking children: An acoustic study

Anwar Alkhudidi, Rebecca Holt, Tünde Szalay, Katherine Demuth et autres

Arabic emphatic consonants are claimed to be late-acquired, likely due to their motoric complexity, involving both coronal and pharyngeal/uvular constrictions. Children's production has largely been studied using impressionistic data, with limited acoustic analysis. This study acoustically examines the acquisition of emphatic consonants …

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ASR-based segmentation for the analysis of larger child-speech datasets: Performance evaluation on vowels from Australian-English speaking children aged 4 to 11 years

Rui Cai, Titia Benders

Annotation of segment boundaries in child speech presents a persistent challenge, particularly with large-scale datasets. While auto-segmentation methods have been developed for adult speech, little attention has been paid to evaluating their performance on child speech. This study evaluates factors contributing to …

Acoustic exaggeration of vowels in infant-directed speech: A multimethod meta-analytic review.

Irena Lovčević, Titia Benders, Sho Tsuji, Riccardo Fusaroli

There is a long-standing debate about the extent to which vowel hyperarticulation, the production of acoustically exaggerated vowels, occurs in infant-directed speech (IDS). This exaggeration has been argued to result in clearer speech sounds that are easier for infants to process and …

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Vowel-hyperarticulation in Infant-directed Speech: A Multi-method Meta-analysis

Irena Lovčević, Titia Benders, Sho Tsuji, Riccardo Fusaroli

There is a long-standing debate about the extent to which vowel hyperarticulation, the production of acoustically exaggerated vowels, occurs in Infant-Directed Speech (IDS). This exaggeration has been argued to result in clearer speech sounds that are easier for infants to process and …

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Investigating the Effects of Speaking Rate on Spoken Language Processing in Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Rosanne Abrahamse, Titia Benders, Katherine Demuth, Nan Xu Rattanasone

PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate how hearing loss affects (a) spoken language processing and (b) processing of faster speech in school-age children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH). METHOD: Spoken language processing was compared in thirty-six 7- to 12-year-olds …

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Due to increased variability, the expanded vowel and tone space in Mandarin IDS does not lead to enhanced contrasts

Ping Tang, Nan Xu Rattanasone, Ivan Yuen, Katherine Demuth et autres

Abstract Expanded vowel or tone space in IDS has traditionally been interpreted as evidence of enhanced acoustic contrasts. However, emerging evidence from various languages shows that the within-category acoustic variability of vowels and tones also increases in IDS, offsetting the benefit of …

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