TY - JOUR
T1 - Auditory Dysfunction
T2 - In Children with School Problems
AU - Oberklaid, Frank
AU - Harris, Claire
AU - Keir, Eddie
PY - 1989/1/1
Y1 - 1989/1/1
N2 - One hundred thirty-three children with school problems referred to a hospital-based multidisciplinary clinic were screened audiologically to determine the frequency of auditory problems, and to determine whether one could predict auditory problems from clinical data. Ninety-three (69.9%) failed one or more parts of the screening procedure. Twenty-two children (7.9% of the total group) had abnormal hearing acuity, 33 (30.6%) abnormal speech discrimination in noise, and 73 (62.4%) abnormal short term auditory memory. These figures are significantly higher than those found in a representative sample of school children. Not one of 16 items from parent and teacher questionnaires and neurodevelopmental findings predicted auditory acuity or speech in noise problems; there were correlations between short term auditory memory items and parental and teacher rating of a language problem, teacher rating of reading and sequencing problem, and neurodevelopmental finding of auditory sequencing problem. In view of this inability to clinically predict auditory processing deficits, the authors suggest that a full audiological assessment, including short term memory and speech in noise testing, is warranted as part of the evaluation of children with learning difficulties.
AB - One hundred thirty-three children with school problems referred to a hospital-based multidisciplinary clinic were screened audiologically to determine the frequency of auditory problems, and to determine whether one could predict auditory problems from clinical data. Ninety-three (69.9%) failed one or more parts of the screening procedure. Twenty-two children (7.9% of the total group) had abnormal hearing acuity, 33 (30.6%) abnormal speech discrimination in noise, and 73 (62.4%) abnormal short term auditory memory. These figures are significantly higher than those found in a representative sample of school children. Not one of 16 items from parent and teacher questionnaires and neurodevelopmental findings predicted auditory acuity or speech in noise problems; there were correlations between short term auditory memory items and parental and teacher rating of a language problem, teacher rating of reading and sequencing problem, and neurodevelopmental finding of auditory sequencing problem. In view of this inability to clinically predict auditory processing deficits, the authors suggest that a full audiological assessment, including short term memory and speech in noise testing, is warranted as part of the evaluation of children with learning difficulties.
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U2 - 10.1177/000992288902800902
DO - 10.1177/000992288902800902
M3 - Article
C2 - 2766643
AN - SCOPUS:0024419172
SN - 0009-9228
VL - 28
SP - 397
EP - 403
JO - Clinical Pediatrics
JF - Clinical Pediatrics
IS - 9
ER -