A Comparison of Digitized Natural Speech and Synthesized Speech, Within Text-to-Speech Programs, on Auditory Sentence Comprehension, in Children with Mild to Moderate Development Language Disorder

With the increase in the use of technology in schools, children are frequently exposed to synthesized speech, some in the form of text-to-speech programs. The purpose of this investigation was to assess the auditory comprehension of sentences using digitized natural speech compared to synthesized speech in text-to-speech programs in children with mild to moderate developmental language disorder (DLD).