[Assessment of central auditory processes in Spanish in children with dyslexia and controls. Binaural Fusion Test and Filtered Word Test].
OBJECTIVE
The aim is to assess the ability to discriminate words, using two psychoacoustic verbal tests of central auditory processes in Spanish: Binaural Fusion Test (BFT in its Spanish version) and Filtered Word Test (FWT in its Spanish version) in children with dyslexia and controls.


METHODS
One group of 40 dyslexic children was receiving therapy for dyslexia at the time of the tests. 40 children without dyslexia were selected as controls, out of 298 children who attended a public school.


RESULTS
The rate of males to females was 2/1 in the dyslexic group. The average correct answers for the BFT were 65-66% in dyslexic group and 75-80% in the control group. For the FWT they were 50-54% in the dyslexic group and 67-71% in the control group (student t <0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
These results contribute to make evident disorders in central auditory processing in children with dyslexia. We suggest using the tests with each patient in order to elaborate a rehabilitation plan.
Peñaloza-López
Yolanda Rebeca
YR
Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Arenal de Guadalupe, México, D.F., México. yploza@yahoo.com.mx <yploza@yahoo.com.mx>
Olivares García
María del Rosario
Mdel R
Jiménez de la Sancha
Sabino
S
García-Pedroza
Felipe
F
Pérez Ruiz
Santiago J
SJ
D001304:Auditory Diseases, Central / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001308:Auditory Perceptual Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D046709:Pattern Recognition, Physiological; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013030:Spain; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013067:Speech Perception