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DEVELOPMENT OF LISTENING SKILLS AND PERCEPTION OF SPEECH IN NOISE IN CHILDREN

ÇOCUKLARDA DİNLEME BECERİLERİNİN GELİŞİMİ VE GÜRÜLTÜDE KONUŞMA ALGISI

Özgenur Gavgalı(Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi)0000-0003-2873-3866
Türkan Özlem Bayülgen(ANKARA MEDİPOL ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-4108-5779
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14–23
Publication Date
2026-05-14
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This review was written to review the development of listening skills in children, listening difficulties that children may experience in noisy environments, and solutions to these difficulties in light of current literature and to contribute to future research.

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Objective & Hypothesis:While hearing is defined as the sound that an individual hears, listening involves more than that.
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⚙️Variables:Konuşma algısı · dinleme eforu · çocuk

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While hearing is defined as the sound that an individual hears, listening involves more than that. Listening is an action that requires a high degree of attention and focus, as well as effort to interpret and understand the sound heard. Listening, the basic communication skill that enables children to understand and interpret spoken language among all the language skills they develop, is not only limited to hearing but is also a complex cognitive process that integrates the information acquired through listening into mental structures. This process, which begins in the womb, continues after birth and forms the basis of children's learning processes. Effective listening skills develop children's ability to distinguish the sounds around them and understand speech, as well as their ability to think critically and engage in social interactions. Noise complicates this process, causing some children to experience listening difficulties due to a variety of factors, thus distracting them and negatively affecting their learning processes and social interactions. Early diagnosis of listening difficulties in children and the subsequent implementation of various strategies and educational methods to help children become more active and successful in both their educational and social lives are of great importance. This review was written to review the development of listening skills in children, listening difficulties that children may experience in noisy environments, and solutions to these difficulties in light of current literature and to contribute to future research.

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İşitme, bireyin duyduğu ses olarak ifade edilirken dinleme bundan daha fazlasını içermektedir. Dinleme yüksek derecede dikkat ve odaklanmanın yanı sıra duyulan sesin yorumlanması ve anlaşılması için çaba gerektiren bir eylemdir. Çocukların geliştirdiği tüm dil becerileri arasında konuşulan dili anlamalarını ve yorumlamalarını sağlayan temel iletişim becerisi olan dinleme becerisi, yalnızca işitme ile sınırlı olmayıp aynı zamanda dinleme yoluyla edinilen bilgileri zihinsel yapılara entegre eden karmaşık bir bilişsel süreçtir. Anne karnında başlayan bu süreç, doğumdan sonra da devam etmekte ve çocukların öğrenme süreçlerinin temelini oluşturmaktadır. Etkili dinleme becerisi çocukların çevrelerindeki sesleri ayırt edebilmeleri ve konuşmayı anlayabilmelerinin yanı sıra eleştirel düşünebilme ve sosyal etkileşimlerde bulunabilme yeteneklerini de geliştirmektedir. Gürültü, bu süreci karmaşık hale getirerek bazı çocuklarda çeşitli faktörlerden kaynaklanan dinleme zorluklarının yaşanmasına yol açmakta ve böylelikle çocukların dikkatlerinin dağılmasına, öğrenme süreçlerinin ve sosyal etkileşimlerinin olumsuz yönde etkilenmesine neden olmaktadır. Çocuklarda dinleme zorluklarının erken teşhisi ve sonrasında dinleme güçlüğüne yönelik uygulanacak çeşitli stratejiler ve eğitim yöntemleri ile çocukların hem eğitim hem de sosyal hayatlarında daha aktif ve başarılı olmalarına yardımcı olmak büyük önem taşımaktadır. Bu derleme, çocuklarda dinleme becerilerinin gelişimi, gürültülü ortamlarda çocukların yaşayabilecekleri dinleme güçlükleri ve bu güçlüklere karşı çözüm önerilerinin güncel literatürün ışığında gözden geçirilmesi ve gelecekte yapılacak araştırmalara katkı sunması amacıyla yazılmıştır.

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Gavgalı, Ö., Bayülgen, T. Ö. (2026). DEVELOPMENT OF LISTENING SKILLS AND PERCEPTION OF SPEECH IN NOISE IN CHILDREN. Türk Odyoloji ve İşitme Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 1, 14–23. https://ajindex.com/articles/1560789

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