title: [Sequential verbal memory for three and four syllables in school children].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Especialização em Audiologia pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. apcorona73@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Corona
authors.forename: Liliane Desgualdo
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferrite
authors.forename: Angela Garcia
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: 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