The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) can be distinguished from one another on the basis of both objective and subjective assessment of attention and behavior. First, children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD, CAPD, and concomitant ADHD/CAPD were compared to participants with emotional problems on measures of attention/concentration, depression, anxiety, and parental reports of internalzing and externalizing behaviors. Overall, statistical analyses did not reveal significant differences between performances of children diagnosed with ADHD and those diagnosed with CAPD. However, clinical comparisons across groups of children diagnosed with ADHD, CAPD, comorbid ADHD/CAPD and Affective Disorders revealed condition-specific clinical profiles, thus providing some support for CAPD as a distinct clinical entity. Second, exploratory cluster analysis was performed to further investigate the relationship between ADHD and CAPD. This procedure lead to the identification of four distinct clusters. However, analyses of these clusters revealed no distinct pattern of performance for children diagnosed with either ADHD or CAPD. Rather, participants with these diagnoses were evenly distributed throughout the clusters. Additionally, no cluster clearly represented the expected clinical profile for a diagnosis of CAPD- namely, significant auditory attentional/processing problems in the absence of other attentional difficulties. Implications for the assessment and treatment of childhood attentional disorders are discussed and recommendations for future research provided.

This study examined the relationship between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication and auditory measures in clinically depressed women. Experimental subjects were tested in both a medicated and unmedicated condition. Experimental subjects were compared to a normal control group; additionally intrasubject comparison was made within the experimental group. Test measures included: audiometry, tympanometry, otoacoustic emissions, uncomfortable loudness level, masking level difference, SCAN-A, Synthetic Sentence Identification (SSI), and the low predictability section of the Revised Speech in noise (RSPIN). The unmedicated group scored significantly less favorably than the control group on the following tests; SCAN-A (composite, filtered words, and auditory figure ground), R-SPIN (0MCR condition in both the right and left ears). Additionally, the unmedicated group scored significantly less favorably than the medicated group on the SSI (-20MCR condition right ear only) and of the R-SPIN (0MCR condition right ear only). Other test measures indicated consistent trends but did reach significance.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T18:11:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alessandra Dias Rodor.pdf: 674917 bytes, checksum: 39d9831c38537dd865617e485f091e2c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-13 / Introduction: diabetic mellitus type 1 (DM1) is a disease which attacks especially developing children and causes many complications to them. Among all the effective ones, pay our attention the aspects related to the difficulties on concentration and learning disorders reported and noticed. Aim: investigate the audiologic peripheral and central overview of type 1 mellitus diabetic children, from 8 to 10 years old. Material and methodology: it is an exploring, transverse, descriptive and analytic study made from a sample of 28 diabetic type 1 children, which are seen in the outpatients clinic of the Regional Hospital of Taguatinga HRT, area of research of the Diabetic Foot endocrinology, in Taguatinga city DF. It has been done the amnesis process with the parents caretakers and the children in the same hospital. Then, several exams have been done in neurologic otorhinolaryngologic private clinics / Introdução: Diabetes Mellitus do Tipo 1 (DM1) é uma doença que acomete principalmente crianças em desenvolvimento e ocasiona várias complicações para as mesmas. Dentre todas as complicações vigentes nos chama atenção os aspectos relacionados às dificuldades de concentração e os transtornos de aprendizagem relatados e observados. Objetivo: investigar o quadro audiológico periférico e central de crianças com DM1, com idade entre 8 e 10 anos. Material e Método: é um estudo de caráter exploratório, transversal, descritivo e analítico, realizado a partir de uma amostrar de 28 crianças diabéticas do tipo 1, que são atendidas no ambulatório do Hospital Regional de Taguatinga - HRT, setor de pesquisa do Pé Diabético - endocrinologia, na cidade de Taguatinga DF. Foi realizado anamnese com os pais/cuidadores juntamente com as crianças no próprio Hospital. Em seguida iniciou-se uma bateria de exames que foram realizados em clínicas particulares de Neurologia e Otorrinolaringologia. Todas as crianças foram submetidas aos procedimentos de meatoscopia, audiometria tonal e vocal, imitanciometria, emissões otoacústicas, PEATE, P300 e avaliação do processamento auditivo central (PAC)

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We examined the hypothesis that neural plasticity following preadolescent musical training improves spatial listening and temporal processing. Two groups of children with (>2 years) and without (< 6 months) significant musical training were assessed on binaural processing, spatial memory, and gap detection. Results demonstrated the musician group had an advantage in spatial listening and auditory memory. These findings suggest an early emergence of listening benefits and also support musical training as a rehabilitative strategy to ameliorate specific auditory processing deficits.

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The incidence of DM is 9.6% in the USA with its prevalence increasing globally (NIDDKD, 2005). A common, but under-recognized complication of DM is hearing difficulty (~ 93%). However, the nature of this often sub-clinical dysfunction is still poorly understood. The aim of this study is to better understand DM-related hearing loss.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:31:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-03-18Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:22:50Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 tosim_pf_dr_mar.pdf: 1031531 bytes, checksum: 282fbd989998b0a5ed115a7f4dd24b75 (MD5) / INTRODUÇÃO: As dificuldades escolares apresentadas por crianças podem ter várias causas e sofrer influência de diversos fatores, dentre os quais o transtorno do processamento auditivo (TPA). Frequentemente, os comportamentos sugestivos de TPA e dificuldades quanto às habilidades fonológicas estão associados a problemas de aprendizagem. Portanto, é de suma importância a avaliação das habilidades auditivas e fonológicas visando à realização de uma intervenção apropriada. OBJETIVOS: O objetivo principal deste estudo foi elaborar e aplicar um modelo de treinamento, o treinamento auditivo-fonológico, destinado a escolares com dificuldades de aprendizagem e comportamentos sugestivos de TPA, bem como verificar a sua eficácia. MÉTODOS: Participaram deste estudo 3 escolares do gênero feminino, com idade de 8 anos e 7 meses a 10 anos e 1 mês, de 2ª e 3ª séries do Ensino Fundamental, previamente selecionadas tendo em comum a participação na sala de reforço devido a dificuldades de aprendizagem. A pesquisa realizou-se em 3 etapas: a) etapa pré-treinamento, b) treinamento e c) pós-treinamento. No início do pré-treinamento, realizaram-se entrevista com os pais e entrevista com as professoras das escolares. Em seguida, foi feita a avaliação do processamento auditivo (PA) das participantes por meio da triagem do processamento auditivo teste de dissílabos alternados (SSW), teste Fala com Ruído, teste PSI e avaliação da consciência fonológica aplicando-se a Prova de Consciência Fonológica. O treinamento constituiu-se de 12 sessões individuais nas quais foram desenvolvidas atividades para estimular as habilidades auditivas e fonológicas. Sua frequência foi de duas vezes por semana, com duração aproximada de dois meses. Após o término do treinamento, fez-se a reavaliação das escolares com os mesmos procedimentos acima descritos. Os dados obtidos durante as... / Children's difficulties in school may have many causes and be influenced by various factors, among which auditory processing disorder (APD). The behaviors suggesting APD and disabilities in phonological skills are frequently associated with learning problems. Therefore, an evaluation of auditory and phonological skills is of utmost importance to determine an appropriate intervention. The main purpose of this study was to devise and apply a training model, the phonological auditory training, addressed to children who have learning difficulties and behaviors that characterize APD, as well as to assess its effectiveness. Three school-girls (ages between 8 years/7 months old and 10 years/1 month old) from the 2nd. and 3rd. grades of Primary Education were previously selected as they were attending reinforcement classes for students with learning difficulties. The investigation was carried out in 3 phases: a) pre-training, b) training and c) post-training. In the pre-training phase, an interview with the students’ parents and an interview with their teachers were initially conducted. Afterwards, the participants’ auditory processing was evaluated by means of screening tests, namely alternate dissyllable test (SSW), Speech- in-Noise test, PSI test and evaluation of phonological awareness using the Phonological Awareness Test. The training phase consisted of 12 individual sessions involving activities aimed to stimulate phonological and auditory skills. These sessions took place twice a week and lasted about three months. After the end of the training period, the participants were re-evaluated following the same procedures described above. The data obtained both during the training sessions and the evaluations of the participants’ performance before and after the training phase were analyzed quantitatively and comparatively. The results showed the three students had improved in auditory ...(Complete abstract click electronic address below)

Orientador: Tânia Moron Saes Braga / Banca: Andréa Lopes Cintra / Banca: Dágma Venturini Marques Abramides / Banca: Débora Deliberato / Banca: Simone Aparecida Capellini / Resumo: INTRODUÇÃO: As dificuldades escolares apresentadas por crianças podem ter várias causas e sofrer influência de diversos fatores, dentre os quais o transtorno do processamento auditivo (TPA). Frequentemente, os comportamentos sugestivos de TPA e dificuldades quanto às habilidades fonológicas estão associados a problemas de aprendizagem. Portanto, é de suma importância a avaliação das habilidades auditivas e fonológicas visando à realização de uma intervenção apropriada. OBJETIVOS: O objetivo principal deste estudo foi elaborar e aplicar um modelo de treinamento, o treinamento auditivo-fonológico, destinado a escolares com dificuldades de aprendizagem e comportamentos sugestivos de TPA, bem como verificar a sua eficácia. MÉTODOS: Participaram deste estudo 3 escolares do gênero feminino, com idade de 8 anos e 7 meses a 10 anos e 1 mês, de 2ª e 3ª séries do Ensino Fundamental, previamente selecionadas tendo em comum a participação na sala de reforço devido a dificuldades de aprendizagem. A pesquisa realizou-se em 3 etapas: a) etapa pré-treinamento, b) treinamento e c) pós-treinamento. No início do pré-treinamento, realizaram-se entrevista com os pais e entrevista com as professoras das escolares. Em seguida, foi feita a avaliação do processamento auditivo (PA) das participantes por meio da triagem do processamento auditivo teste de dissílabos alternados (SSW), teste Fala com Ruído, teste PSI e avaliação da consciência fonológica aplicando-se a Prova de Consciência Fonológica. O treinamento constituiu-se de 12 sessões individuais nas quais foram desenvolvidas atividades para estimular as habilidades auditivas e fonológicas. Sua frequência foi de duas vezes por semana, com duração aproximada de dois meses. Após o término do treinamento, fez-se a reavaliação das escolares com os mesmos procedimentos acima descritos. Os dados obtidos durante as ...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract:Children's difficulties in school may have many causes and be influenced by various factors, among which auditory processing disorder (APD). The behaviors suggesting APD and disabilities in phonological skills are frequently associated with learning problems. Therefore, an evaluation of auditory and phonological skills is of utmost importance to determine an appropriate intervention. The main purpose of this study was to devise and apply a training model, the phonological auditory training, addressed to children who have learning difficulties and behaviors that characterize APD, as well as to assess its effectiveness. Three school-girls (ages between 8 years/7 months old and 10 years/1 month old) from the 2nd. and 3rd. grades of Primary Education were previously selected as they were attending reinforcement classes for students with learning difficulties. The investigation was carried out in 3 phases: a) pre-training, b) training and c) post-training. In the pre-training phase, an interview with the students' parents and an interview with their teachers were initially conducted. Afterwards, the participants' auditory processing was evaluated by means of screening tests, namely alternate dissyllable test (SSW), Speech- in-Noise test, PSI test and evaluation of phonological awareness using the Phonological Awareness Test. The training phase consisted of 12 individual sessions involving activities aimed to stimulate phonological and auditory skills. These sessions took place twice a week and lasted about three months. After the end of the training period, the participants were re-evaluated following the same procedures described above. The data obtained both during the training sessions and the evaluations of the participants' performance before and after the training phase were analyzed quantitatively and comparatively. The results showed the three students had improved in auditory ...(Complete abstract click electronic address below) / Doutor