High-Variability Phonetic Training Benefits Lexical Tone Perception: An Investigation on Mandarin-Speaking Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users

Conclusion The results provide the first systematical assessment for the efficacy of the HVPT protocol for Mandarin-speaking pediatric CI users with congenital hearing loss, which supports the clinical utility of intensive short-term HVPT in these children's rehabilitative regimens.PMID:34057849 | DOI:10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00631
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Source Type: research