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Auditory and Visual Sustained Attention in Children with Speech Sound Disorder

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Author(s):
Murphy, Cristina F. B. [1] ; Pagan-Neves, Luciana O. [1] ; Wertzner, Haydee F. [1] ; Schochat, Eliane [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Dept Phys Therapy Speech Language Pathol & Occupa, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: PLoS One; v. 9, n. 3 MAR 27 2014.
Web of Science Citations: 9
Abstract

Although research has demonstrated that children with specific language impairment (SLI) and reading disorder (RD) exhibit sustained attention deficits, no study has investigated sustained attention in children with speech sound disorder (SSD). Given the overlap of symptoms, such as phonological memory deficits, between these different language disorders (i.e., SLI, SSD and RD) and the relationships between working memory, attention and language processing, it is worthwhile to investigate whether deficits in sustained attention also occur in children with SSD. A total of 55 children (18 diagnosed with SSD (8.11 +/- 1.231) and 37 typically developing children (8.76 +/- 1.461)) were invited to participate in this study. Auditory and visual sustained-attention tasks were applied. Children with SSD performed worse on these tasks; they committed a greater number of auditory false alarms and exhibited a significant decline in performance over the course of the auditory detection task. The extent to which performance is related to auditory perceptual difficulties and probable working memory deficits is discussed. Further studies are needed to better understand the specific nature of these deficits and their clinical implications. (AU)