"Your baby can't hear you" : how mothers talk to infants with simulated hearing loss

Christa Lam-Cassettari, Christine Kitamura

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[In this study mothers were told "your baby can't hear you," and their interactions recorded in either (i) a hearing condition in which infants could hear their mothers or (ii) a hearing loss condition in which infants could not hear their mothers. It was found that pitch levels of speech were similar in both conditions, but that there was vowel hyperarticulation in the hearing, but not the hearing loss condition, suggesting that mothers use of linguistic devices depends on their infants responsiveness.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInterspeech 2008: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, incorporating SST 2008, held in Brisbane, Qld. 22-26 September, 2008
    PublisherCausal Productions
    Number of pages1
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    EventInternational Speech Communication Association. Conference -
    Duration: 9 Sept 2012 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Speech Communication Association. Conference
    Period9/09/12 → …

    Keywords

    • mother and infant
    • hearing disorders
    • auditory perception in infants
    • interpersonal communication in infants
    • infant-directed speech
    • vowels

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