Central auditory skills in children aged 5-12 years and their relationship with dance

• Grant number: 15/24033-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2016
• End date: February 28, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Speech Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Liliane Desgualdo Pereira
• Grantee: Juliana Corrêa Tognin
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

By the analysis of Brazilian literature, we found little information regarding central auditory skills and dance practice in children. Through this study, we tried to verify the possible effect of unique musical stimulation of motor skills in listening skills. Goal check if there is an improvement in the skills of sound localization, temporal ordering and temporal resolution in children that dance in relation to the same age group that does not dance. Method it is a cross-sectional study with a sample of individuals selected from a dance school in a city in the state of São Paulo. The study was carried out after being approved by the institutional ethics committee and after informed consent of the participants according to the laws. They are evaluated 40 children aged 5-12 years, of both sexes, 20 practitioners of dance, divided into 5 groups according to age: G1: 5 and 6 years; G2: 7 and 8; G3: 9 and 10 years; G4: 11 and 12 years. And 20 do not dance practitioners also divided into age groups: G5: 5 and 6 years; G6: 7 and 8; G7: 9 and 10 years; G8: 11 and 12 years. To evaluate the ability skills that, the test Gaps- In- Noise will be used. To participate in the study participants will require the presence of normal audiometric thresholds, good voice recognition capability and a good ability to eardrum-ossicular mobility. They may not participate in the study who show the history otology disorders, neurological and cognitive. Data characterizing listening skills will be analyzed with the help of a professional in the field of statistics. The results were analyzed by comparing the same age group (G1-G2-G3 and G4), according to the noise test Gaps- In- (GIN). It is expected that the practice of dance groups show a better performance in the central auditory skills.