title: Evaluation of auditory processing and phonemic discrimination in children with normal and disordered phonological development.
abstract: Auditory processing and phonemic discrimination are essential for communication.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate auditory processing and phonemic discrimination in children with normal and disordered phonological development.
  
  
  METHODS
  An evaluation of 46 children was carried out: 22 had phonological disorders and 24 had normally developing speech. Diotic , monotic and dichotic tests were applied to assess auditory processing and a test to evaluate phonemic discrimination abilities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional, contemporary.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The values of normally-developing children were within the normal range in all auditory processing tests; these children attained maximum phonemic discrimination test scores. Children with phonological disorders performed worse in the latter, and presented disordered auditory processing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Auditory processing and phonemic discrimination in children with phonological disorders are altered.
authors.affiliation: Santa Maria Federal University, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tiago Mendonça
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Attoni
authors.forename: Victor Gandra
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Quintas
authors.forename: Helena Bolli
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Mota
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D001938:Brazil; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*