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Temporal Processing Deficits of Language-Learning Impaired Children Ameliorated by Training

Merzenich, Michael M., Jenkins, William M., Johnston, Paul, Schreiner, Christoph, Miller, Steven L., Tallal, Paula·1996·Science

Abstract

Children with language-based learning impairments (LLIs) have major deficits in their recognition of some rapidly successive phonetic elements and nonspeech sound stimuli. In the current study, LLI children were engaged in adaptive training exercises mounted as computer “games” designed to drive improvements in their “temporal processing” skills. With 8 to 16 hours of training during a 20-day period, LLI children improved markedly in their abilities to recognize brief and fast sequences of nonspeech and speech stimuli.

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  • Language-delayed children show substantial improvements in measures of speech and language after listening to speech altered by computer to exaggerate phonetic differences.

    “In recent studies, language-delayed children show substantial improvements in measures of speech and language after listening to speech altered by computer to exaggerate phonetic differences (108, 109).”

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Authors
Merzenich, M. M., Jenkins, W. M., Johnston, P., Schreiner, C., Miller, S. L., & Tallal, P.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
Corresponding author
Merzenich, Michael M.
Venue
Science
Published
1996-01-05
Volume
271
Issue
5245
Pages
77-81
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2026352347
Cited by
1,000
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 37 · 2012: 28
FWCI
118.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01DC002260)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS010414)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
Keywords
temporal processing, adaptive training, video games, speech perception
MeSH terms
Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Language Disorders, Language Therapy, Learning Disabilities, Male, Software, Speech Perception, Video Games

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