[Sequential verbal memory for three and four syllables in school children].
BACKGROUND
Auditory memory ability.


OBJECTIVE
To characterize the auditory memory ability for verbal sequences in children with ages ranging from 3 to 12 years.


METHODS
A memory test for verbal sequences was used, as well as a variation with the addition of one syllable to each sequence. Participants were 223 students of public and private schools.


RESULTS
All subjects repeated at least two out of the three sequences of three syllables. At the age of nine, they were capable of repeating all of the three sequences. At the age of six, they repeated at least two out of the three sequences of four syllables.


CONCLUSIONS
The behavioral responses to verbal sounds presented in sequences, improves as children grow older. Children of private schools demonstrated an earlier development of this ability.
Corona
Ana Paula
AP
Especialização em Audiologia pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. apcorona73@yahoo.com.br
Pereira
Liliane Desgualdo
LD
Ferrite
Silvia
S
Rossi
Angela Garcia
AG
D000367:Age Factors; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012691:Serial Learning