Okul Öncesi Dönemdeki Çocuklar İçin Gürültüde Sözcük Tanıma Testi

Abstract

Speaking, learning and socializing in daily life mostly occur in the presence of intense noise. Therefore, evaluating speech perception in noise is an important element for all age groups. Although there are Turkish tests that evaluate speech recognition performance in noise for children over the age of 6 and adults, there is no speech recognition test in noise suitable for preschool children. This study aimed to create the Word Recognition Test in Noise for Preschool Children and to determine age-specific speech recognition thresholds. In light of this purpose, children's books for children between the ages of 3-6 were examined and those with high recognition were selected and these words were paired with pictures appropriate to the age and cognitive level of the children. Lists were created with 24 words in each list and transferred to tablet-based testing software. 1st group 3 years - 3 years 11 months (26 girls, 20 boys), 2nd group 4 years - 4 years 11 months (26 girls, 25 boys) and 3rd group 5 years - 5 years 11 months (15 girls, It was applied to 138 participants (26 men) twice, in the form of test-retest, with an interval of 15 days. The Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) threshold for speech recognition in noise was determined for each age group. As a result of the study, the SGO values of the Word Recognition Test in Noise for Preschool Children were 1.,2. While -8.1 dB, -8.9 dB and -10.7 dB were obtained for the and 3rd groups, respectively, retest SGO values were obtained as -8.0 dB, -9.3 dB and -11.1 dB, respectively. . These findings were determined to be similar to developmental and speech perception studies in noise conducted for preschool children between the ages of 3-6. No significant difference was detected between test-retest SGO values (p = 0.102). It was concluded that the Word Recognition Test in Noise for Preschool Children is a reliable assessment test to evaluate word recognition skills in noise in young children.