title: Auditory processing in dysphonic children.
abstract: Contemporary cross-sectional cohort study. There is evidence of the auditory perception influence on the development of oral and written language, as well as on the self-perception of vocal conditions. The auditory system maturation can impact on this process.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To characterize the auditory skills of temporal ordering and localization in dysphonic children.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed 42 children (4 to 8 years).
  
  
  METHODS
  31 dysphonic children; Comparison group: 11 children without vocal change complaints. They all had normal auditory thresholds and also normal cochleo-eyelid reflexes. They were submitted to a Simplified assessment of the auditory process (Pereira, 1993). In order to compare the groups, we used the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests. Level of significance: 0.05 (5%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Upon simplified assessment, 100% of the Control Group and 61.29% of the Study Group had normal results. The groups were similar in the localization and verbal sequential memory tests. The nonverbal sequential memory showed worse results on dysphonic children. In this group, the performance was worse among the four to six years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The dysphonic children showed changes on the localization or temporal ordering skills, the skill of non-verbal temporal ordering differentiated the dysphonic group. In this group, the Sound Location improved with age.
authors: Graduate Program in Human Communication Disorders, Speech and Hearing Department, University of São Paulo.
authors: Mirian Aratangy
authors: MA
authors: Arnaut
authors: Caroline Vieira
authors: CV
authors: Agostinho
authors: Liliane Desgualdo
authors: LD
authors: Pereira
authors: Luc Louis Maurice
authors: LL
authors: Weckx
authors: Clara Regina Brandão de
authors: CR
authors: Avila
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001308:Auditory Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055154:Dysphonia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013017:Sound Localization; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013998:Time Perception; D014706:Verbal Learning