The outcome of adult cochlear implantation is predicted positively by the involvement of visual cortex in speech processing, and negatively by the cross-modal recruitment of the right temporal cortex ...

Speech intelligibility refers to how well someone understands a verbal message. Usually, this measure is taken from assessment conducted in a controlled or quiet environment. However, in functional ...

Phonological awareness is the understanding that spoken words are made up of sounds and recognising how they come together to form words. Children usually develop this skill at around 4 or 5 years old ...

Introducing phonological sensitivity at home is easy. Most children’s books already have what you need to get started, but books that rhyme with shorter words will allow you to do all of the following ...

Psycholinguists from the Center for Language and Brain found that phonological processing skills continue to influence text reading fluency in 15-to-18-year-old adolescents. This finding argues the ...