Time-compressed speech discrimination in central auditory disorder: a pediatric case study.
Audiological data are presented for an 11-year-old aphasic girl with confirmed left-hemisphere damage. Pure-tone audiometry, impedance measurement, and speech discrimination testing were completed. Discrimination testing included presentation of the Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification (WIPI) test at 0 and 60% time compression. Results indicated significantly poorer speech discrimination in the ear contralateral to the site of lesion at 60% time compression. This case study supports the use of time-compressed speech discrimination testing in the assessment of central auditory function of children and as a diagnostic tool for determination of site of lesion.
D001037:Aphasia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001306:Auditory Pathways; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013060:Speech; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors