Temporal Encoding of Voice Onset Time in Young Children
Received Date: Jun 06, 2016 / Accepted Date: Jun 20, 2016 / Published Date: Jun 27, 2016
Abstract
Objective: Voice onset time (VOT) is an important parameter of speech that denotes the time interval between consonant onset and the onset of low frequency periodicity generated. In this study we examined the temporal encoding of voice onset time in the cortical auditory evoked response (CAEP) of young children. Methods: Scalp recoded CAEP were measured in 18 children aged from 5-8 participated (n=18). The N2 latency was evoked using differences in voice-onset-times (VOTs) using stop consonant-vowel syllables /ga/-/ka/. Results: A significant and systematic shift in the N2 latency was observed for differences in VOT. Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that temporal encoding of VOT exists in the developing cortical evoked response.
Keywords: Temporal processing; Cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEP); Voice-Onset-Time (VOT); N2 latency
Citation: Almeqbel A (2016) Temporal Encoding of Voice Onset Time in Young Children. Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 6:241. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000241
Copyright: © 2016 Almeqbel A. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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