RISTOVSKA, Lidija and ATANASOVA, Nikica and MIHAJLOVSKA SHULEVSKA, Irena (2026) SUPRATHRESHOLD SPEECH RECOGNITION IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “FROM RESEARCH TO APPLICATION”, 18-19 November, 2026.
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Word recognition assessment provides important information about speech perception in children with hearing loss. This study aimed to evaluate suprathreshold word recognition performance and speech presentation levels in preschool children with different types and degrees of hearing loss. A total of 58 children aged 4-6 years were included, with 116 ears analyzed. Of these, 16 ears had normal hearing, 71 conductive, 23 sensorineural, and 6 mixed hearing loss. Word recognition scores (WRS) of 90-100% were obtained in all normal-hearing ears, 90.1% of ears with conductive hearing loss, 34.8% with sensorineural hearing loss, and 33.3% with mixed hearing loss. Among ears with mild hearing loss, 91.4% achieved WRS of 90-100%, whereas none with moderate or severe hearing loss reached this range. Maximum WRS required presentation levels of 25-40 dB SL in 59% of ears with hearing loss compared with 31.3% of normal-hearing ears (χ2 = 4.29, df = 1, p = 0.038, φ = 0.192). These findings demonstrate poorer word recognition with greater hearing loss and increased presentation-level requirements in hearing-impaired preschool children.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email zshi@unite.edu.mk |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2026 14:03 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2026 14:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.unite.edu.mk/id/eprint/2735 |
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