LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:4 April 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

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Auditory Discrimination Tests in Konkani –
Performance of Children (6-9 Years) in
Quiet and Noisy Conditions

Jenny Mevis D’souza, Lecturer
Rahul Aravind, Ph.D. Scholar

Abstract

Auditory discrimination skills are very important in the classroom. Deficits in auditory discrimination are also believed to be one of the causes of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD). Children with these disabilities often fall behind in school, particularly in reading and spelling, because they lack the phonological awareness needed to make relationships between sounds and the symbols that represent them. The need of the study is to develop a screening tool in Konkani language to perform a discrimination test in young children’s to rule out their performance in repetition and same-different task. The study aimed to develop the normative for subject’s performance in quiet and noisy conditions and to compare it with each other. 90 native Konkani speakers were taken as subjects from various rural schools. The 36 word stimulus was binaurally presented to the child through the headphone. The test conditions were repeated with response measure of repetition and same/ different tasks. Result showed that, while comparing the performance in quiet and noisy conditions, the auditory discrimination ability was significantly better in quiet conditions compared to that of noisy condition. There are no differences in auditory discrimination ability with repetition and same/different tasks. Evaluating the materials created in this study with a group of hearing impaired, CAPD individuals is a possible topic for future research and would provide a valuable comparison to this current study.

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Introduction

The hearing mechanism is an amazingly intricate system. Sound is generated by a source that sends out air pressure waves. These pressure waves reach the eardrum, which vibrates at a rate and magnitude proportional to the nature of the waves. The tympanic membrane transforms this vibration into mechanical energy in the middle ear, which in turn converts it to hydraulic energy in the fluid of the inner ear. The hydraulic energy stimulates the sensory cells of the inner ear, which send electrical impulses to the auditory nerve, brainstem, and cortex (Stach, 2010).

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Jenny Mevis D’souza
Lecturer
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Maladi Court, Kavoor
Mangalore – 575015
Karnataka
India
jennymavis1992@gmail.com

Rahul Aravind
PhD scholar
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Maladi Court, Kavoor
Mangalore – 575015
Karnataka
India
rahul_aud@yahoo.com

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