title: Influence of memory, attention, IQ and age on auditory temporal processing tests: preliminary study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the existence of correlations between the performance of children in auditory temporal tests (Frequency Pattern and Gaps in Noise--GIN) and IQ, attention, memory and age measurements.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen typically developing individuals between the ages of 7 to 12 years and normal hearing participated in the study. Auditory temporal processing tests (GIN and Frequency Pattern), as well as a Memory test (Digit Span), Attention tests (auditory and visual modality) and intelligence tests (RAVEN test of Progressive Matrices) were applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant and positive correlation between the Frequency Pattern test and age variable were found, which was considered good (p<0.01, 75.6%). There were no significant correlations between the GIN test and the variables tested.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Auditory temporal skills seem to be influenced by different factors: while the performance in temporal ordering skill seems to be influenced by maturational processes, the performance in temporal resolution was not influenced by any of the aspects investigated.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cristina Ferraz Borges
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elaine Cristina
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Zachi
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daniela Tsubota
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Roque
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dora Selma Fix
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eliane
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schochat
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*