ABSTRACT
Una prueba dicótica para la evaluación del procesamiento auditivo central (PAC), es la Staggered Spondaic Word versión en español (VE-SSW), que clasifica las alteraciones en cuatro categorías lo que favorece la prescripción de una terapia. El objetivo de este trabajo fue establecer correlación entre los resultados de la prueba VE-SSW y el rendimiento escolar del año 2006 en niños de tercer año básico de una escuela subvencionada de la Región Metropolitana. Se incluyeron 93 niños con audición periférica normal, de ambos géneros, entre 7 y 8 años de edad, cuyos padres autorizaron la participación de sus hijos mediante la firma de un consentimiento informado y los niños asintieron. A cada niño se le realizó otoscopía, audiometría tonal (entre 125 Hz y 8.000 Hz), logoaudiometría, impedanciometría y prueba VE-SSW. De acuerdo a los resultados, se concluyó que existe una asociación significativa entre la categoría decodificación fonémica y las calificaciones en las asignaturas de lenguaje y comunicación, inglés, educación matemática y educación artística. Los niños que están con esta categoría alterada obtuvieron calificaciones más bajas en los ramos señalados. No se encontró asociación entre las otras categorías y las calificaciones del resto de las asignaturas, aunque hubo asociaciones entre algunas condiciones auditivas o patrones de respuesta con algunas asignaturas. Poder determinar correlación entre los resultados de la prueba VE-SSW y el rendimiento escolar serviría para proponer estrategias de terapia y orientar a los profesores para que el niño con trastornos en el PAC tenga más posibilidades de mejorar sus habilidades académicas.
A dichotic test to evaluate Central Auditory Processing (CAP) labeled Staggered Spondaic Word Test Spanish version (VE-SSW), classify alteration between 4 categories, its make easy to prescribe an appropriate therapy. The aim of this job was to establish correlation between the results of the VE-SSW and the school performance during 2006, in children from third degree of basic school in the Metropolitan area in Santiago. Ninety three children with normal hearing were included, belonging to both gender, whose parents authorized their participation through a signature in the informed consent and their childreen agreed. Each child was undergoing to an otoscopy, pure tone audiometry (between 125 Hz and 8000 Hz), speech audiometry, impedance and SSW-E Test. According to results, it was concluded that exists a significant correlation between the category phonemic decodification and qualifications of the subject language and communication, English, mathematics education and art education. Children with alteration in this category obtained lower qualification in those subjects. It was not found association between other categories and qualification in the rest of the subjects, although there was association between some hearing conditions or response pattern with some subjects.To determine there is a correlation between SSW-VE test and school performance could be useful to propose therapy strategies and orientation for teachers so children, with disorders of CAP, would have more possibilities to improve their academic abilities.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Learning , Auditory Perceptual Disorders/complications , Auditory Perceptual Disorders/diagnosis , Underachievement , Auditory Perception , Chile , Hearing Tests , Sex FactorsABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Speech audiometry is a useful test for obtaining practical information which could not be gotten from the pure-tone audiometer test. Nowadays, Hahm's Korean disyllabic word lists are the most commonly used word lists for the speech reception threshold test in Korea. The disyllabic word lists should be composed of spondaic words (equally stressed words). The aim of this study is to evaluate the characteristic frequency of Hahm's disyllabic word lists. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Two of the Hahm's disyllabic word lists were evaluated. The word lists were analyzed using an acoustic analysis program that has the MATLAB function. RESULTS: The percentage of disyllabic words in the Hahm's disyllabic word lists that had the spondaic words pattern were 33%. The characteristic frequencies of these words were equally stressed above 1,000 Hz. Other disyllabic words showed an unequally stressed pattern. The percentage of words that had the first syllable stressed pattern was 31% and the percentage of second syllable stressed pattern was 36%. CONCLUSION: Some words, which are commonly used in the Hahm's disyllabic words lists, had an unequally stressed pattern. A new Korean dissyllabic word list needs to use more balanced words that have the characteristic frequency of each word.