Central auditory processing in children from 6 to 12 years with intellectual disabilities

• Grant number: 16/04179-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2016
• End date: October 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Speech Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Liliane Desgualdo Pereira
• Grantee: Anna Flávia Mendonça Siciliano
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Will be evaluated 30 children aged 6 to 12 years, of both sexes, 15 with intellectual disabilities called study group met at the Center Social Inclusion and 15 normal, named comparison group, selected in a public school in the city of Diadema. For the evaluation of the chosen skills will be used Gaps- In- Noise Test and Evaluation Simplified Auditory Processing (ASPAC). To participate in the study individuals of both groups may have no hearing complaints or ear infections. Participants in the group with intellectual disabilities should have no speech difficulties or other, which makes the realization of hearing tests. Statistical analysis of the data obtained in the evaluation tests of auditory skills will be made with the help of a professional in the field of statistics. The results will be analyzed by a comparison between the performances of children of the same age with an intellectual disability with group (study group) and the other without this deficiency (comparison group). It is expected that cognitively normal children perform better in the central auditory skills.