Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Int J Audiol. 2020 Jul;59(7):501-505. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1720921. Epub 2020 Feb 5.
This study examined the effects of bilingualism and multilingualism on supra-threshold auditory processing abilities in children. Cross-sectional study. Ninety children participated in the study, based on the number of languages they know children were assigned into three groups, i.e. monolingual, bilingual and multilingual. Amplitude modulation detection threshold, gap detection threshold, pitch discrimination threshold and spectral ripple discrimination threshold were measured. Results showed superior supra-threshold auditory processing abilities among multilingual and bilingual children than monolingual children. The results further showed that, the supra-threshold auditory processing of multilingual children was better than bilingual children. This finding suggests that knowledge of multiple languages improves supra-threshold auditory processing abilities. This study adds to the growing body of literature supporting the superior supra-threshold auditory processing abilities among bilingual and multilingual individuals.
本研究考察了双语和多语对儿童超阈值听觉处理能力的影响。采用横断面研究设计。共有 90 名儿童参与了这项研究，根据他们掌握的语言数量，儿童被分为三组，即单语、双语和多语。测量了调幅检测阈值、间隙检测阈值、音高辨别阈值和频谱波纹辨别阈值。结果表明，多语和双语儿童的超阈值听觉处理能力优于单语儿童。结果还表明，多语儿童的超阈值听觉处理能力优于双语儿童。这一发现表明，掌握多种语言可以提高超阈值听觉处理能力。本研究增加了越来越多的文献支持双语和多语个体具有更好的超阈值听觉处理能力。
