title: Temporal organization skills in cochlear implants recipients.
abstract: Processing acoustic clues from the sounds of speech depends on the proper perception of the frequency and duration of stimuli as a sequence of events.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the capacity for temporal organization in users of multichannel CI.
  
  
  METHODS
  14 normal hearing individuals formed the control group, matching in age and gender other 14 users of multichannel CI, who made up the study group, and they were assessed and compared as to the Frequency Patterns Test (FPT) and Duration Patterns Test (DPT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  CI users had good performance in temporal organization tasks, with mean results of 48.7% in the FPT and 59.6% in the DPT. For the control group, mean performance at the FPT was of 63.4% and in the DPT of 64.6%. We did not see statistically significant difference between the results from the control and study groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CI provided favorable performance in the tasks that required temporal organization skill for individuals evaluated in this study.
authors: Specialist in sound amplification lab - Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo, HRAC/USP, Bauru/SP.
authors: Patrícia Danieli
authors: PD
authors: Campos
authors: PhD, Professor - Department of Speech and Hearing Therapy - Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, Universidade de São Paulo, FOB/USP.
authors: Kátia de Freitas
authors: KF
authors: Alvarenga
authors: PhD, Speech and Hearing therapist - Centro de Pesquisas Audiológicas do Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo, HRAC/USP.
authors: Natália Barreto
authors: NB
authors: Frederigue
authors: PhD, Speech and Hearing therapist - Centro de Pesquisas Audiológicas do Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo, HRAC/USP, Bauru/SP.
authors: Leandra Tabanez
authors: LT
authors: do Nascimento
authors: Associate Professor - Department of Radiology and Cognitive Neurosciences Lab - LIM-43 University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo/SP.
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Sameshima
authors: Associate Professor, Cochlear Implant Program Coordinator - CPA do HRAC/USP, Bauru/SP.
authors: Orozimbo Alves Costa
authors: OAC
authors: Filho
authors: Associate Professor, Full Professor and Head of the Speech and Hearing Department FOB/USP, Bauru/SP; Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo.
authors: Maria Cecília
authors: MC
authors: Bevilacqua
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male