Definition of Speech banana
The speech banana is a banana-shaped region where the sounds (phonemes) of human languages appear on an audiogram. (An audiogram is a graphical representation of someone's ability to hear over a range of frequencies and loudness levels. Hearing on an audiogram is displayed as frequency in Hertz on the x-axis and loudness in decibels on the y-axis.)
Audiologists are primarily concerned with hearing loss that occurs within the speech banana because:
In children, it can slow the development of speech and comprehension, and that in turn can profoundly interfere with learning.
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What is Speech banana?
The speech banana is a banana-shaped region where the sounds (phonemes) of human languages appear on an audiogram. (An audiogram is a graphical representation of someone's ability to hear over a range of frequencies and loudness levels.
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- Wikipedia: Speech banana – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Image by DiegoSLP – CC BY-SA 4.0