Assessment of central auditory processes in evaluated in Spanish in children with dyslexia and controls. Binaural Fusion Test and Filtered Word Test

Autor:	Felipe García-Pedroza, Santiago J. Pérez Ruiz, Sabino Jiménez de la Sancha, Yolanda R. Peñaloza-López, María del Rosario Olivares García
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Rehabilitation business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Dyslexia Central auditory processing Spanish version General Medicine Audiology medicine.disease Test (assessment) Binaural fusion medicine Psychoacoustics business Word (group theory)
Zdroj:	Acta Otorrinolaringologica (English Edition). 60:415-421
ISSN:	2173-5735
Popis:	Objectives The aim is to assess the ability to discriminate words, using 2 psychoacoustic verbal tests of Central auditory processes in Spanish: Binaural Fusion Test (BFT; PFB in its Spanish version) and Filtered Word Test (FWT; PPF in its Spanish version) in children with dyslexia and controls. Methods One group of 40 dyslexic children who were receiving therapy for dyslexia at the time of the tests. Forty children without dyslexia were selected as controls, out of 298 children who attended a public school. Results The rate of males to females was 2/1 in the dyslexic group. The average correct answers for the BFT were 65%–66% in dyslexic group and 75%–80% in the control group. For the FWT, they were 50%–54% in the dyslexic group and 67%–71% in the control group (Student t Conclusions These results contribute to making disorders in central auditory processing in children with dyslexia evident. We suggest using the tests with each patient in order to elaborate a rehabilitation plan.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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