Young children's preferences for listening rates.
A paired-comparison paradigm was utilized to determine the preferences of 20 young children for listening rate for prose speech. An electronic expansion/compression technique yielded nine rates of speech ranging from 100 wpm to 200 wpm, with intervals of 25 wpm. The results indicated that the children most preferred a listening rate of 200 wpm and least preferred a rate of 100 wpm. Comparisons of the present findings with preference rates of older, post-adolescent children and adults are discussed. Direction for further research with temporal alteration and linguistic constraints on the message are considered.
D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013060:Speech; D013997:Time Factors