Auditory processing evaluation in children with learning difficulties

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia

Engelmann, Lucilene¹  Ferreira, Maria Inês Dornelles da Costa¹ 

关键词: Auditory perception;    Auditory perceptual disorders;    Child;    Reading;    Learning;    Developmental disabilities;    Hearing disorders;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-80342009000100012

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia

【 摘 要 】

PURPOSE: To clarify the relationship between learning difficulties and auditory processing disorder in second grade students.METHODS: Based on the application of reading tests, the students of a second grade class of an elementary school were classified into two groups, according to their reading fluency: a group with better fluency (group A) and another with less fluency (group B). A between-group analysis of the auditory processing tests was carried out.RESULTS: All participants presented learning difficulties and auditory processing disorder in almost every primary subprofiles. It was observed that the verbal sequential memory abilities of the less fluent group (group B) was significantly better (p=0,030).CONCLUSION: The diagnosis of primary auditory processing disorder is questioned, and it is emphasized the importance of stimulating verbal sequential memory to the learning of reading and writing abilities. In light of the results obtained, further researches are needed in order to study this variable and its relationship to temporal auditory processing.

【 授权许可】

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