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Sentence Final Hearing Aid Gain Requirements of Some Non-English Languages: Practical Applications for Practitioners

Sentence Final Hearing Aid Gain Requirements of Some Non-English Languages: Practical Applications for Practitioners

In the realm of speech-language pathology, data-driven decisions are pivotal for enhancing outcomes, especially for children. The study titled Sentence Final Hearing Aid Gain Requirements of Some Non-English Languages provides significant insights into the hearing aid gain adjustments necessary for non-English languages, particularly those with a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) syntactic structure. This blog aims to distill the key findings and their practical applications for practitioners.

Understanding the Research

The research highlights that languages with an SOV word order, such as Hindi-Urdu, Turkish, Iranian/Farsi, Japanese, and Korean, require about 3 dB more gain for soft-level inputs at sentence-final positions compared to Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) languages like English. This is due to the inherent lower intensity of sentence-final verbs and adjectives in SOV languages.

Practical Applications for Practitioners

To implement these findings in clinical practice, practitioners can follow these steps:

Encouraging Further Research

The study underscores the importance of considering suprasegmental characteristics in hearing aid fittings. However, more research is needed to explore other linguistic features that might affect hearing aid settings, such as morphological structures and phoneme-level changes. Practitioners are encouraged to stay abreast of ongoing research and contribute to this evolving field.

To read the original research paper, please follow this link: Sentence Final Hearing Aid Gain Requirements of Some Non-English Languages.


Citation: Chasin, M. (2012). Sentence Final Hearing Aid Gain Requirements of Some Non-English Languages. Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 36(3), 176-263. Retrieved from https://cjslpa.ca/files/2012_CJSLPA_Vol_36/No_03_176_263/Chasin_CJSLPA.pdf
Marnee Brick, President, TinyEYE Therapy Services

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