Age effects and normative data on a Dutch test battery for auditory processing disorders.
A test battery compiled to diagnose auditory processing disorders (APDs) in an adult population was used on a population of 9-16-year-old children. The battery consisted of eight tests (words -in noise, filtered speech, binaural fusion, dichotic digits, frequency and duration patterns, backward mask...
| Published in: | International Journal of Audiology Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 334 - 347 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2002
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106752726&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106752726 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14992027 JW2 jtl: International Journal of Audiology issn: 14992027 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Sep2002 vid: 41 iid: 6 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 106752726 2004113146 10.3109/14992020209090408 NLM12353606 106752726 ppf: 334 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Age effects and normative data on a Dutch test battery for auditory processing disorders. aug: au: Neijenhuis K Snik A Priester G van Kordenoordt S van den Broek P affil: University Medical Center Nijmegen, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; k.neijenhuis@kno.azn.nl sug: subj: Auditory Perceptual Disorders Diagnosis Speech Discrimination Tests Utilization Adolescence Adult Age Factors Child Descriptive Statistics Funding Source Kruskal-Wallis Test Netherlands Neuropsychological Tests Nonparametric Statistics Questionnaires Reference Values Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Child: 6-12 years ab: A test battery compiled to diagnose auditory processing disorders (APDs) in an adult population was used on a population of 9-16-year-old children. The battery consisted of eight tests (words -in noise, filtered speech, binaural fusion, dichotic digits, frequency and duration patterns, backward masking, categorical perception, digit span) and a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were computed on data obtained from 75 children from primary school (age 9-12 years) and 30 adolescents from secondary school (age 14-16 years) with normal hearing and normal intelligence. Most test scores did not follow a normal distribution. Age effects were present in most tests, within the group as well as when children and adolescents were compared to adults. This suggests that maturation of auditory processing abilities takes place even during adolescence. Relative measures regarding ear differences and binaural versus monaural scores did not appear to be age-related. These measures might be useful in diagnosing APD, supplementary to the absolute measures. Factor analysis showed four components that address underlying processes. However, these results must be interpreted cautiously because the study did not include any subjects with APD. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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