Affiliations: [a] Bioengineering College, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China | [b] Chongqing Hearing and Language Rehabilitation Center, Chongqing, China | [c] School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China | [d] Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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Corresponding author: Xing Wang, Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China. E-mail: wangxing@cqu.edu.cn.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The Ling sound test cannot provide the test of Chinese tone for preschool children with hearing aid and cochlear implants. OBJECTIVE: The paper tries to design a new tone test method composed of the Ling sound test and four Chinese tones to evaluate the hearing level of Chinese hearing-impaired children. METHODS: The tone identification rates of 20 cochlear implant children were statistically analyzed to verify the validity of the Ling sound test in the Chinese tone version. In addition, this paper analyzed the pronunciation characteristics of the Ling sound test in the Chongqing-accented Mandarin version of 20 subjects. RESULTS: The identification rate of Ling six sounds was more than 97.0%, the identification rate of tone was more than 81.0%, and the identification rate of vowels was 83.1%, which was higher than that of consonants 79.0%. The Ling sound test n the Chongqing-accented Mandarin version has a narrower frequency range. CONCLUSION: The results verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the Ling sound test in the Chinese tone version in the assessment of frequency range and tone identification for cochlear implant users.
Keywords: Cochlear implants, tone identification, hearing impairment, the Ling sound test, audiologic rehabilitation
