title: Auditory processing performance in blind people.
abstract: Hearing has an important role in human development and social adaptation in blind people.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the performance of temporal auditory processing in blind people; to characterize the temporal resolution ability; to characterize the temporal ordinance ability and to compare the performance of the study population in the applied tests.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen blind adults participated in this study. A cross-sectional study was undertaken; approval was obtained from the Pernambuco Catholic University Ethics Committee, no. 003/2008.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Temporal auditory processing was excellent--the average composed threshold in the original RGDT version was 4. 98 ms; it was 50 ms for all frequencies in the expanded version. PPS and DPS results ranged from 95% to 100%. There were no quantitative differences in the comparison of tests; but oral reports suggested that the original RGDT original version was more difficult.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study sample performed well in temporal auditory processing; it also performed well in temporal resolution and ordinance abilities.
authors.affiliation: Doctoral student in cognitive psychology, UFPE. Speech therapist.
authors.forename: Ludmilla Vilas
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Boas
authors.affiliation: Doctoral degree in cognitive psychology, UFPE. Adjunct professor at the UFPE.
authors.forename: Lílian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Muniz
authors.affiliation: Senior Associate Professor - FMUSP. Adjunct professor, UFPE.
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: da Silva Caldas Neto
authors.affiliation: Doctoral degree in sciences - otorhinolaryngology. Adjunct professor of otorhinolaryngology at the UFPE. Head of the Otorhinolaryngology Unit of the Agamenon Magalhães Hospital.
authors.forename: Mariana de Carvalho Leal
authors.initials: MCL
authors.lastname: Gouveia
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D001766:Blindness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male