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Spoken word recognition deficit

MedGen UID:
892986
•Concept ID:
C4072928
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
HPO: HP:0030391

Definition

Reduced ability of lexical discrimination, which refers to the process of distinguishing a stimulus word from other phonologically similar words. Lexical discrimination can be defined as the process of correctly identifying words in the mental lexicon to match the phonological input of a stimulus. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSpoken word recognition deficit

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lexical-Semantic Organization as Measured by Repeated Word Association in Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Who Use Spoken Language.
Rush O, Werfel KL, Lund E
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2023 Oct 4;66(10):3925-3939. Epub 2023 Aug 17 doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00096. PMID: 37591230Free PMC Article
Development of Mandarin Chinese Vowel Perception in Young Children With Normal Hearing and Cochlear Implants.
Zhang C, Li M, Yu J, Liu C
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2021 Nov 8;64(11):4485-4494. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00669. PMID: 34554847
Detection and Attention for Auditory, Visual, and Audiovisual Speech in Children with Hearing Loss.
Jerger S, Damian MF, Karl C, Abdi H
Ear Hear 2020 May/Jun;41(3):508-520. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000798. PMID: 31592903Free PMC Article
Representation of spectro-temporal features of spoken words within the P1-N1-P2 and T-complex of the auditory evoked potentials (AEP).
Wagner M, Roychoudhury A, Campanelli L, Shafer VL, Martin B, Steinschneider M
Neurosci Lett 2016 Feb 12;614:119-26. Epub 2015 Dec 14 doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.12.020. PMID: 26700876Free PMC Article
Inflectional spelling deficits in developmental dyslexia.
Egan J, Tainturier MJ
Cortex 2011 Nov-Dec;47(10):1179-96. Epub 2011 Jun 14 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.05.013. PMID: 21745662

Diagnosis

A maturational frequency discrimination deficit may explain developmental language disorder.
Jones SD, Stewart HJ, Westermann G
Psychol Rev 2024 Apr;131(3):695-715. Epub 2023 Jul 27 doi: 10.1037/rev0000436. PMID: 37498700Free PMC Article
Spectro-temporal modulation detection and its relation to speech perception in children with auditory processing disorder.
Lotfi Y, Moossavi A, Afshari PJ, Bakhshi E, Sadjedi H
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2020 Apr;131:109860. Epub 2020 Jan 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.109860. PMID: 31958768
A nonverbal route to conceptual knowledge involving the right anterior temporal lobe.
Hurley RS, Mesulam MM, Sridhar J, Rogalski EJ, Thompson CK
Neuropsychologia 2018 Aug;117:92-101. Epub 2018 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.05.019. PMID: 29802865Free PMC Article
Inflectional spelling deficits in developmental dyslexia.
Egan J, Tainturier MJ
Cortex 2011 Nov-Dec;47(10):1179-96. Epub 2011 Jun 14 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.05.013. PMID: 21745662
Speech perceived through a damaged temporal window: lessons from word deafness and aphasia.
Stefanatos GA
Semin Speech Lang 2008 Aug;29(3):239-52. doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1082887. PMID: 18720320

Therapy

Lexical processing in Spanish patients with probable Alzheimer's disease.
Cuetos F, Martinez T, Martinez C, Izura C, Ellis AW
Brain Res Cogn Brain Res 2003 Oct;17(3):549-61. doi: 10.1016/s0926-6410(03)00169-1. PMID: 14561444
Age deficits in learning sequences of spoken words.
Dennis NA, Howard JH Jr, Howard DV
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2003 Jul;58(4):P224-7. doi: 10.1093/geronb/58.4.p224. PMID: 12878650

Prognosis

Under-resourced or overloaded? Rethinking working memory deficits in developmental language disorder.
Jones SD, Westermann G
Psychol Rev 2022 Nov;129(6):1358-1372. Epub 2022 Apr 28 doi: 10.1037/rev0000338. PMID: 35482644Free PMC Article
Predicting Audiovisual Word Recognition in Noisy Situations: Toward Precision Audiology.
Myerson J, Tye-Murray N, Spehar B, Hale S, Sommers M
Ear Hear 2021 Nov-Dec 01;42(6):1656-1667. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001072. PMID: 34320527Free PMC Article
Spoken word recognition in children with autism spectrum disorder: The role of visual disengagement.
Venker CE
Autism 2017 Oct;21(7):821-829. Epub 2016 Jun 22 doi: 10.1177/1362361316653230. PMID: 27335107Free PMC Article
Inflectional spelling deficits in developmental dyslexia.
Egan J, Tainturier MJ
Cortex 2011 Nov-Dec;47(10):1179-96. Epub 2011 Jun 14 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.05.013. PMID: 21745662
The development of multisensory speech perception continues into the late childhood years.
Ross LA, Molholm S, Blanco D, Gomez-Ramirez M, Saint-Amour D, Foxe JJ
Eur J Neurosci 2011 Jun;33(12):2329-37. Epub 2011 May 25 doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07685.x. PMID: 21615556Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

A maturational frequency discrimination deficit may explain developmental language disorder.
Jones SD, Stewart HJ, Westermann G
Psychol Rev 2024 Apr;131(3):695-715. Epub 2023 Jul 27 doi: 10.1037/rev0000436. PMID: 37498700Free PMC Article
Predicting Audiovisual Word Recognition in Noisy Situations: Toward Precision Audiology.
Myerson J, Tye-Murray N, Spehar B, Hale S, Sommers M
Ear Hear 2021 Nov-Dec 01;42(6):1656-1667. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001072. PMID: 34320527Free PMC Article
The Devil in the Details Can Be Hard to Spot: Malapropisms and Children With Hearing Loss.
Lowenstein JH, Nittrouer S
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2021 Jan 19;52(1):335-353. Epub 2020 Oct 28 doi: 10.1044/2020_LSHSS-20-00033. PMID: 33112723Free PMC Article
Word Learning Deficits in Children With Dyslexia.
Alt M, Hogan T, Green S, Gray S, Cabbage K, Cowan N
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2017 Apr 14;60(4):1012-1028. doi: 10.1044/2016_JSLHR-L-16-0036. PMID: 28388708Free PMC Article
Inflectional spelling deficits in developmental dyslexia.
Egan J, Tainturier MJ
Cortex 2011 Nov-Dec;47(10):1179-96. Epub 2011 Jun 14 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.05.013. PMID: 21745662

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