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June 1, 1989Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

Frequency Resolution in Children

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Why the study?

Does frequency resolving ability differ between preschool children, school-aged children, and adults?

Population

Preschool children, school-aged children, and adults (including children as young as 3 years old)

Comparison

Standard forced-choice masking experiment with… vs Masking condition with a notch in the noise…

Design

Other

Authors

PAPrudence AllenFWFrederic L. WightmanDKDoris Kistler

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Overview

May inform age-specific norms in pediatric audiology assessments; leaves open mechanisms and clinical thresholds.

Structured PICO

Does frequency resolving ability differ between preschool children, school-aged children, and adults?

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Population
Preschool children, school-aged children, and adults (including children as young as 3 years old)
I
Intervention
Standard forced-choice masking experiment with pure-tone signals at 500 Hz, 2000 Hz, and 4000 Hz in a 4000-Hz-wide band of noise centered at the signal frequency
C
Comparator
Masking condition with a notch in the noise spectrum, approximately one-half octave wide and 50 dB deep, centered at the signal frequency
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Outcome
Frequency resolving ability (difference in signal threshold between the two masking conditions)surrogate

Frequency resolving ability improves with age from early childhood to adulthood.

Cite This Study

Allen et al. (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70472ee5469ee92be10658https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.3202.317
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