Objective This study aimed to systematically review and critically appraise the literature
describing the phonetic characteristics and accuracy of the consonants, vowels and tones …

The conclusions on prosodic pitch features in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have
primarily been derived from studies in non-tonal language speakers. This cross-linguistic …

Purpose: Τhe lexical stress pattern (trochaic vs. iambic) may affect various aspects of word
learning and word production in children with cochlear implants (CIs). This study aimed to …

Objectives: Children with cochlear implants (CIs) face challenges in acquiring tones, since
CIs do not transmit pitch information effectively. It has been suggested that longer CI …

Background study Chinese tone pronunciation instruction gains increasingly attention and
various instructional strategies have been studied to develop effective tones in students …

This study primarily aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of high variability phonetic training
(HVPT) for children with cochlear implants (CIs) via the cross-modal transfer of perceptual …

Despite pitch being considered the primary cue for discriminating lexical tones, there are
secondary cues such as loudness contour and duration, which may allow some cochlear …

Objectives: Emotional expressions are very important in social interactions. Children with
cochlear implants can have voice emotion recognition deficits due to device limitations …

Purpose: Individuals with congenital amusia exhibit degraded speech perception. This study
examined whether adult Chinese Mandarin listeners with amusia were still able to extract …

Purpose: This study explored the facilitatory effect of visual articulatory cues on the
identification of Mandarin lexical tones by children with cochlear implants (CIs) in both quiet …