Dichotic listening tests in students with learning disabilities.
Auditory processing disorder is a clinical entity that may be associated with several neuropathological disorders - learning disabilities among them.


OBJECTIVE
To characterize and compare the performance of students with and without learning disabilities in speech tests with and without background noise, dichotic listening tests, alternating dissyllable test.


METHODS
40 students of both genders, ranging from 8 to 12 years of age participated in this study. They were divided in two groups: GI - 20 students with learning disabilities and GII - 20 students with good academic performance matched according to gender, age and education with GI. The evaluation consisted of basic audiological evaluation and applying dichotic listening tests, alternating disyllable test and speech test in noise.


METHODS
This is a cross-sectional study with a historical cohort.


RESULTS
The students of GI presented inferior performance compared to Group II (GII), both on dichotic listening tests and on alternating disyllable tests, and performance with no statistically significant difference on the speech in noise test.


CONCLUSIONS
The evidence found suggests that the group of children with learning disabilities shows inferior performance compared to the group without problems, reflecting difficulties on the processing of auditory information.
Pinheiro
Fábio Henrique
FH
School of Sciences and Phylosophy - Paulista State University - FFC/UNESP-Marília - SP / Brasil.
Oliveira
Adriana Marques de
AM
Cardoso
Ana Cláudia Vieira
AC
Capellini
Simone Aparecida
SA
D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001308:Auditory Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male