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Influence of classroom acoustics on the reading speed: A case study on Italian second-graders

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: The need of tuning into speech in noisy and reverberant classrooms is a challenge for good speech communication and literacy development at school. Reading development can be compromised if children are exposed to inadequate acoustics, especially those with poor neural processing in speech discrimination. This work reports preliminary results on the influence of classroom acoustics on the reading speed of 94 Italian second-graders. Speech clarity (C50) was found to be significantly correlated with all the investigated reading tasks, while no significant correlations were found with reverberation time.

Source: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

DOI: 10.1121/1.5051050

Authors: Giuseppina Emma Puglisi, Andrea Prato, Tiziana Sacco, Arianna Astolfi

Institutions: Politecnico di Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, University of Turin

Language: English

Topic: Noise Effects and Management

Subfield: Speech and Hearing

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Fondazione CRT