title: Normative data of the A(section)E discrimination and identification tests in preverbal children.
abstract: The A(section)E((R)) is a set of suprathreshold tests for the auditory evaluation of the hearing impaired. A particular population of interest is the hearing-impaired preverbal child. This paper reports on normative data of the A(section)E((R)) discrimination test in children aged 10 months and of the A(section)E((R)) identification tests in children aged 2 to 4 years. Normally hearing children of these ages were tested and pass criteria were defined in such a way that 95% of the hearing infants would pass the tests. With these criteria, the A(section)E((R)) discrimination test is feasible at 10 months of age and the A section signE((R)) identification test from 30 months of age.
authors.affiliation: The Eargroup, Antwerp-Deurne, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daemers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yperman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Beukelaer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Saegher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Ceulaer
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Govaerts