Auditory Processing Disorder Test Battery in European Portuguese-Development and Normative Data for Pediatric Population.

ABSTRACT: There is an increasing need for state-of-the-art Central Auditory Processing assessment for Portuguese native speakers, applicable as early as possible. As a contribution to answering this need, this paper presents a new battery for Central Auditory Processing assessment for European Portuguese applicable to children aged 5 and above, named BAPA-PE, providing information regarding test selection and development. The battery consists of six behavioral tests: Staggered Spondaic Words (SSW) for European Portuguese, Filtered Speech, Speech in Noise, Detection Interval in Noise, Duration, and Frequency Pattern. The normative data for children aged 5 to 12 are also reported. A sample was obtained of 217 subjects without ear pathology and with typical development. Each age group was composed of a

SUBMITTER: Martins JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8482123 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature