Perception and confusion of speech in Algerian school children wearing hearing aids
by Kamel Ferrat; Samir Benyahia
International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics (IJMEI), Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023

Abstract: The paper discusses the performance of hearing impaired Algerian children in perception of features of the Arabic phonemes in comparison to their counterparts with normal hearing ability. The acoustic analysis of collected data demonstrates a presence of several articulation disorders at primary school children with average deafness and wearers of hearing aids, such as: the substitution, elision, assimilation, addition and deformation of Arabic consonants in continuous speech. The consonants prone to these disorders are the back consonants mainly the fricatives and sibilants. Therefore, school rehabilitation services should take into account these constraints to achieve better schooling of hearing impaired schoolchildren.

Online publication date: Wed, 30-Nov-2022

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