OBJECTIVES: Accurate identification of emotion in speech requires integrating semantic (what is said) and prosodic (how it is said) cues, which can conflict in contexts such as irony, humor, insincerity, etc. Like adults, Mandarin-learning preschoolers with typical hearing (TH) preferentially use prosody when cues conflict, indicating early, adult-like cue-weighting strategies....
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Discussion
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Cochlear implant rehabilitation programs for Mandarin-speaking preschoolers should consider explicitly targeting prosodic cue training for emotion recognition, as these children compensate with prosody rather than semantic content.
Understanding how CI users prioritize acoustic cues for emotion recognition can guide more targeted auditory-verbal therapy and device programming strategies for tonal-language learners.
- 01Mandarin-learning preschoolers with CIs used prosodic cues more than semantic cues to identify emotions in speech.
- 02Findings suggest tonal language experience may shape how CI users process emotional speech.
- 03Results have implications for auditory rehabilitation design in tonal-language CI populations.
- 04Study published in Ear & Hearing (DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001876).
Mandarin-learning preschoolers with cochlear implants prioritize prosodic over semantic cues when recognizing emotion in speech.
studysupported- PMID
- 42525453
- DOI
- 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001876.
- Journal
- Ear and Hearing
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Mandarin-learning preschoolers with cochlear implants
- Intervention
- Emotion recognition task contrasting prosodic and semantic cues
Primary outcomes
Relative reliance on prosodic vs. semantic cues for emotion recognition in speech