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Effectiveness of formal auditory training in adults with auditory processing disorder/A eficacia do treinamento auditivo formal em adultos com disturbio do processamento auditivo
Purpose: to compare the performance of adults with auditory processing disorder in behavioral tests before and after formal auditory training, in order to verify the effectiveness of this approach. Methods: this is a quantitative retrospective study for which we selected 18 individuals with auditory...
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| Published in: | Revista CEFAC 2013-11, Vol.15 (6), p.1427 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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| Summary: | Purpose: to compare the performance of adults with auditory processing disorder in behavioral tests before and after formal auditory training, in order to verify the effectiveness of this approach. Methods: this is a quantitative retrospective study for which we selected 18 individuals with auditory processing disorders evidenced by the behavioral assessment, aged between 16 and 38 years old. All subjects underwent a formal auditory training program conducted in eight sessions of 45 minutes each, twice a week. Sessions were organized in ascending order of complexity of the listening skills srech as, auditory closure, figure-ground for sentences, words, syllables and sounds and nonverbal temporal processing of sounds (analysis of the intensity, duration and frequency). For statistical purposes the results of the SSW test SSI (ICM) and Duration and frequency pattern recognitive obtained before and after auditory training, considering the ear and sex variables. Results: there were no statistically significant differences between the right and left ears. Both men and women when analyzed separately showed better results in post-training. These differences were statistically significant in for duration and frequency pattern tests, for men and women. In SSW improvement in male and SSI R/S--15 females, respectively. In addition, all subjects reported better attention and better communicative performance after auditory training. Conclusion: the formal auditory training improves listening skills figure--ground for verbal sounds and temporal processing measured by behavioral tests in adults diagnosed with auditory processing disorders. KEYWORDS: Hearing; Auditory Perception; Hearing Disorders; Neuronal Plasticity Objetivo: comparar o desempenho de adultos com disturbio do processamento auditivo em testes comportamentais pre e pos-treinamento auditivo formal, visando verificar a eficacia desse treinamento. Metodos: trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo quantitativo com 18 individuos com disturbio do processamento auditivo comprovado pela avaliacao comportamental, idade entre 16 e 38 anos. Todos os individuos foram submetidos a um programa de treinamento auditivo formal realizado em oito sessoes de 45 minutos cada, duas vezes por semana, cujas sessoes foram organizadas em ordem crescente de complexidade visando o treinamento das habilidades auditivas de fechamento auditivo, figura-fundo para frases, palavras, silabas e sons nao verbais e de processamento temporal dos son |
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| ISSN: | 1516-1846 |