Auditory Processing Disorders in children suspected of Learning Disabilities—A need for screening?
| Autor: | Vassiliki Iliadou, Dimitris Kandylis, Doris-Eva Bamiou, George Kaprinis, Stergios Kaprinis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent Specific learning disability Population Comorbidity Audiology Auditory Perceptual Disorder Prevalence medicine Humans Child education Intelligence Tests education.field_of_study Greece Intelligence quotient Learning Disabilities business.industry musculoskeletal neural and ocular physiology Auditory Perceptual Disorders Age Factors Dyslexia Reproducibility of Results General Medicine Auditory processing disorder musculoskeletal system medicine.disease Otorhinolaryngology Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Learning disability cardiovascular system medicine.symptom business Psychoacoustics circulatory and respiratory physiology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 73:1029-1034 |
| ISSN: | 0165-5876 |
| Popis: | Aim The current study aims to assess: (a) the prevalence of auditory processing in a population of children reporting learning difficulties, (b) the correlation of APD diagnosis with age, the intelligence coefficient (IQ) and with the presence of a specific learning disability such as dyslexia and (c) to evaluate the reliability of each auditory processing test used in this study in identifying APD. Method We evaluated one hundred and twenty-seven consecutive children referred to the academic tertiary LD Clinic of the Psychiatric Department by means of a psychoacoustic mainly non–verbal test battery. Results APD was found to be present in 43.3% and co-existing with developmental dyslexia in 25% of cases. The diagnosis of APD correlated with age in that children with APD were younger by 2 years than those without a diagnosis of APD. The diagnosis of APD did not correlate with IQ or with the diagnosis of dyslexia. Interpretation High prevalence of APD in the targeted group of children suspected of Learning Disabilities sets the grounds for a possible benefit in screening for the disorder. |
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