Dyslexia is difficulty in acquiring reading skills despite adequate intelligence and sufficient
reading opportunities. Its origin is still under debate. Studies usually focus on a singular …

Face masks are mandatory during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to attenuation of sound
energy and loss of visual cues which are important for communication. This study explores …

With the rise of the aging population, many scientists studying multisensory integration have
turned toward understanding how this process may change with age. This scoping review …

Auditory temporal processing (ATP) has been related in the literature to both speech
perception as well as reading and phonological awareness. In aging adults, it is known to be …

Objective The purpose of the current study was to evaluate auditory, visual and audiovisual
speech perception abilities among two groups of cochlear implant (CI) users: prelingual …

Background It has been noted in the literature that there is a gap between clinical
assessment and real-world performance. Real-world conversations entail visual and audio …

Purpose Difficulty in understanding spoken speech is a common complaint among aging
adults, even when hearing impairment is absent. Correlational studies point to a relationship …

Background The mask mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic leads to communication
challenges as sound energy gets reduced and the visual cues are lost due to the face mask …

The literature reports contradictory results regarding the influence of visual cues on speech
perception tasks in children with phonological disorder (PD). This study aimed to compare …

The ability to leverage visual cues in speech perception—especially in noisy backgrounds—
is well established from infancy to adulthood. Yet, the developmental trajectory of …