Comparison of Phonological Processes between Balochi-Speaking Children with Hearing Loss and Hearing Peers

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Authors

1 1. Linguistics, English Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

2 PhD Student in Linguistics, English Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

3 MA in Linguistics, English Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aims: Hearing is one of the most important factors in language acquisition. However, due to hearing losses, some children are unable to hear normal sounds. On this account, hearing-impaired children have difficulties in hearing voices and speech from a distance or in a noisy environment. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate and compare phonological processes between Balochi hearing-impaired children and their hearing peers and to study the effect of age and gender in using phonological process in these two groups. The results of our study can lead to a better understanding of the problem and a possible solution to this problem in future studies.
Materials and Methods: A descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted on 16 Balochi speaking hearing-impaired children (8 girls and 8 boys) and 16 hearing children (8 girls and 8 boys), aged 7-10 years old who were randomly selected from schools in Zahedan. The research instrument was a researcher-made test. It comprised of 80 pictures of concrete and common concepts in that the students should refer to the signifier in Balochi per se. The responses were all recorded individually using an mp3 player (Creative model). Then, the recordings were transcribed by one of the researchers based on the IPA system. Finally, the phonological processes were examined. The significant of the means of phonological processes in the two groups were evaluated using multivariate analysis and one-way ANOVA in Manova text analysis.
Results: There was a significant difference between the overall performances of the two groups in using phonological process (P=0.00).
Conclusion: The present study showed that among the phonological processes, deletion of voiceless stop consonants was the most frequent process used by Baloch children. Cluster reduction was another high frequency process that occured in the speech of these children in onset and coda consonant clusters; the reduction of the cluster in coda consonant clusters had a higher frequency than onset consonant clusters. Stopping, fronting, syllable reduction, and devoicing were other high-frequency processes in the speech of these children. Reduplication was not observed in the speech of two groups.
 

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The Scientific Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4
January 2021
Pages 308-321

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  • Receive Date: 08 June 2020
  • Revise Date: 09 November 2020
  • Accept Date: 11 November 2020
  • First Publish Date: 21 December 2020

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