[Central auditory processing assessment].
OBJECTIVE
A battery of tests for central auditory processing assessment has been designed in French. This battery, BAC for Bilan Auditif Central (central auditory processing), consists of'fbur tyvpes of tests: A speech-in-noise test, a dichotic test, a temporal processing test and a binaural interaction test.


METHODS
Descriptive statistics were computed on data obtained from 668 subjects ranging from 5 to 85 years old.


RESULTS
Tests scores of the speech-in-noise test, the dichotic test and the binaural interaction test showed a normal distribution. Test scores of the temporal processing demonstrates a ceiling effect. Effcts of maturation and involution were clearly visible for all tests.


CONCLUSIONS
The low correlation between scores obtained from the four tests pointed to the need for a battery ofseveral tests to assess central auditory processing.
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CHU Sart Tilman, Université de Liège, Service ORL, B-4000 Liège, Belgique. Laurentchp.demanez@chu.ulg.ac.be
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001299:Audiometry; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged