title: Temporal auditory processing and phonological awareness in reading and writing disorders: preliminary data.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify if there is an association between temporal auditory tests and phonological awareness in individuals with reading and writing disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen children were subjects of this study, aged between 7 and 12 years old, who had reading and writing disorders confirmed after specific assessment. All participants underwent phonological awareness assessment using CONFIAS test. In order to assess the auditory temporal processing, duration and frequency pattern tests were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The descriptive analysis indicated low performance in syllabic and phonemic activities of phonological awareness as well as in temporal auditory tests. Fisher's test indicated association between disorders in auditory temporal processing and phonological awareness (p>0.001). It suggests that disorders in temporal processing contribute to low performance in phonological awareness tasks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was association between performance in temporal auditory tests and in the phonological awareness. Data found provide reflections about including temporal auditory assessment among procedures used in the analysis of individuals with reading and writing disorders.
authors.forename: Aparecido José Couto
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Seisse Gabriela Gandolfi
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sanches
authors.forename: Débora Cristina
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Renata Mota Mamede
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Carvallo
authors.forename: Maria Silvia
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cárnio
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities; D010700:Phonetics; D011932:Reading; D013067:Speech Perception; D014956:Writing