F0 dynamics associated with prominence realisation in children with hearing impairment

Prominence in speech is typically realised by means of greater amplitude, duration and F0 the vowel nucleus syllable that carries word/sentence stress. It well-established more important physical dimension. The present study reports analysis word realisation two groups children differing hearing status. One group consisted with impairment, while other age-matched normal hearing. hearing-impaired had been fitted either a cochlear implant or conventional aid. Children participated (non-)word imitation task which repetition monosyllables containing one monophthongs Belgian Standard Dutch. Measurement nuclei revealed interesting differences between groups. impairment highest overall F0. In terms dynamics associated prominence, all correctly an underlyingprominence-lending rise-fall pattern at phonetic level manifested itself as falling pitch movement. addition, contour aid was steepest, it shallowest implant.The situated previous observed are attributed to device use. Keywords: fundamental frequency, prosody, language acquisition, hearingimpairment.