Reference values for psychoacoustic tests on Polish school children 7-10 years old.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Good hearing is a fundamental skill that allows children to develop properly, both socially and intellectually. In contrast to defects in inner ear function, however, auditory processing disorders (APDs)-which can affect up to 2-3% of school-children-are not easily identified with basic screening programs and must be diagnosed using special tests. Although such psychoacoustic tests are available, the scores achieved depend highly on the social, cultural, and linguistic characteristics of the population, and norms must be established for each population separately. Reference values are still lacking for the Polish population, especially for children in school-age, so that practitioners must interpret test scores themselves, often intuitively or using potentially biased th

SUBMITTER: Wlodarczyk EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6713444 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature