Development of central auditory processes in Polish children and adolescents at the age from 7 to 16 years

Abstract

There are discrepancies in the literature regarding the course of central auditory processes (CAP) maturation in typically developing children and adolescents. The purpose of the study was to provide an overview of age – related improvement in CAP in Polish primary and secondary school students aged 7–16 years. 180 children/adolescents, subdivided into 9 age categories, and 20 adults (aged 18–24 years) performed the Dichotic Digit Test (DDT), Duration Pattern Test (DPT), Frequency Pattern Test (FPT), Gap Detection Test (GDT) and adaptive Speech-in-Noise (aSpN). The 12-year-olds was retested after w week. We found the age effects only for the DDT, DPT and FPT. In the right ear DDT the 7-year-olds performed more poorly than all groups ≥12. In the left ear DDT both 7- and 8-year-olds achieved less correct responses compared with the 13-, 14-, 15-year-olds and with the adults. The right ear advantage was greater in the 7-year-olds than in the 15-year-olds and adult group. At the age of 7 there was lower DPT and FPT scores than in all participants ≥13 whereas the 8-year-olds obtained less correct responses in the FPT than all age categories ≥12. Almost all groups (except for the 7-year-olds) performed better in the DPT than FPT. The test-retest reliability for all tests was satisfactory. The study demonstrated that different CAP have their own patterns of improvement with age and some of them are specific for the Polish population. The psychoacoustic battery may be useful in screening for CAP disorders in Poland.

Can’t See the Words for the Letters: Whole Word Processing in Adolescents and a Novel “Visual” Intervention for Dyslexia

“…Instead, the VA span measure correlated with the phonological processing marker, NonwordAccuracyDiff. Although we did not predict a relationship between these two variables, a couple of other studies found that accuracy and speed on phonemic awareness tasks were related to VA span (Lassus-Sangosse, N'guyen-Morel, & Valdois, 2008;Lewandowska, Milner, Ganc, Wlodarczyk, & Skarzynski, 2014;Saksida et al, 2016).…”

Self-perceived stress and the personality of mothers of children with central auditory processing disorders – Differences from mothers of typically developing children

“…Nevertheless, studies have shown that lower scores in personality traits such as conscientiousness and emotional stability, compared to mothers of children with APD, may predispose them to parental burnout (Le Vigouroux, Scola, Raes, Mikolajczak, & Roskam, 2017)although agreeableness, which was at the same level in both groups, may play a protective role. Low conscientiousness and high neuroticism are also found in mothers of children with ADHD, which may possibly include mothers of children with APD, since symptoms in neurodevelopmental disorders tend to overlap (Ahmmed et al, 2014;de Wit et al, 2018;Lawton et al, 2017;Lewandowska et al, 2021).…”

“…Katz (2001) describes these difficulties as the inability to take full advantage of an acoustic signal, even though it is received normally in the periphery. The British Society of Audiology describes APD as being caused by abnormal brain function characterized by incorrect differentiation, separation, grouping, localization, and ordering of stimuli (de Wit et al, 2018;Lewandowska et al, 2021).…”

“…APD quite often coexists with other pediatric disorders (Ahmmed et al, 2014;de Wit et al, 2018;Lawton et al, 2017;Lewandowska et al, 2021). It is still unclear to what degree the behavioral characteristics of children with APD separate them from children with other developmental disorders, such as specific language impairment (SLI), dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disorder (LD), developmental delays (DD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD).…”

The quality of life of families with a child with a central auditory processing disorder

“…task-oriented), w którą zaangażowane są: procesy pamięci, uwagi, językowe oraz czytanie [20]. Zaburzenia APD mogą współwystępować z zaburzeniami neurorozwojowymi takimi jak: dysleksja, ADHD, SLI, DD, ASD [20,21], zaburzeniami rozwoju mowy, języka i /lub artykulacji [18], zaburzeniami emocjonalno-społecznymi oraz trudnościami szkolnymi [22][23][24]. Interesującym wynikiem są istotne różnice występujące między matkami i ojcami w nasileniu postaw rodzicielskich w grupie rodziców dzieci z APD [30], obserwowane także w populacji ogólnej rodziców i ich dzieci [31].…”