Auditory temporal resolution in normal-hearing preschool children revealed by word recognition in continuous and interrupted noise

What is it about?

We looked at temporal resolution in preschool children using word recognition in continuous and interrupted noise with three signal-to-noise ratios. We compared their performance to that of young adults. Adults performed better than children, yet the release from masking (i.e., difference in scores between the two nosies) was equivalent.

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Why is it important?

The findings are consistent with the notion that preschool children suffer from poorer processing efficiency rather than temporal resolution per se.

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