title: [Assessment of central auditory processes in Spanish in children with dyslexia and controls. Binaural Fusion Test and Filtered Word Test].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Arenal de Guadalupe, México, D.F., México. yploza@yahoo.com.mx <yploza@yahoo.com.mx>
authors.forename: Yolanda Rebeca
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Peñaloza-López
authors.forename: María del Rosario
authors.initials: Mdel R
authors.lastname: Olivares García
authors.forename: Sabino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiménez de la Sancha
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García-Pedroza
authors.forename: Santiago J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pérez Ruiz
mesh_terms: 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