Experimental examination of how sensory processing and attention influence speech motor control in children, suggesting nuanced interactions.
Key Points
This research aims to explore how individual differences in attention and sensory processing relate to children's speech motor control through auditory feedback.
Children completed a frequency altered feedback (FAF) task to assess reliance on auditory feedback.
The Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) was used to measure attention abilities.
Parents filled out the Short Sensory Profile (SSP) to evaluate sensory processing abilities.
Higher sensory processing scores correlated with greater compensatory vocal responses to FAF.
Poorer attention performance (SART) linked to slower vocal responses to downward pitch shifts.
Findings suggest sensory processing differences may enhance reliance on auditory feedback.