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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

Longitudinal decline in spoken word recognition and object knowledge in primary progressive aphasia.
Sikora J, Stein C, Ubellacker D, Walker A, Tippett DC
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Jun 4;100(22):e26163. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000026163. PMID: 34087875Free PMC Article
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
Auditory perception and word recognition in Cantonese-Chinese speaking children with and without Specific Language Impairment.
Kidd JC, Shum KK, Wong AM, Ho CS, Au TK
J Child Lang 2017 Jan;44(1):1-35. Epub 2015 Dec 16 doi: 10.1017/S0305000915000604. PMID: 26671567
Expectation and entropy in spoken word recognition: effects of age and hearing acuity.
Lash A, Rogers CS, Zoller A, Wingfield A
Exp Aging Res 2013;39(3):235-53. doi: 10.1080/0361073X.2013.779175. PMID: 23607396Free 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
Linguistic Context Versus Semantic Competition in Word Recognition by Younger and Older Adults With Cochlear Implants.
Amichetti NM, Atagi E, Kong YY, Wingfield A
Ear Hear 2018 Jan/Feb;39(1):101-109. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000469. PMID: 28700448Free 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
Expectation and entropy in spoken word recognition: effects of age and hearing acuity.
Lash A, Rogers CS, Zoller A, Wingfield A
Exp Aging Res 2013;39(3):235-53. doi: 10.1080/0361073X.2013.779175. PMID: 23607396Free 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

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
Age-related differences in inhibitory control predict audiovisual speech perception.
Dey A, Sommers MS
Psychol Aging 2015 Sep;30(3):634-46. Epub 2015 Jun 29 doi: 10.1037/pag0000033. PMID: 26121287Free 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

Clinical prediction guides

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
Longitudinal decline in spoken word recognition and object knowledge in primary progressive aphasia.
Sikora J, Stein C, Ubellacker D, Walker A, Tippett DC
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Jun 4;100(22):e26163. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000026163. PMID: 34087875Free 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
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
Auditory perception and word recognition in Cantonese-Chinese speaking children with and without Specific Language Impairment.
Kidd JC, Shum KK, Wong AM, Ho CS, Au TK
J Child Lang 2017 Jan;44(1):1-35. Epub 2015 Dec 16 doi: 10.1017/S0305000915000604. PMID: 26671567

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