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 at least 30 children. All children were evaluated using pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry, impedance, and otoacoustic emissions. Normative scores are reported for each of the six auditory processing tests. The assessment is applicable to young children (aged 5 and 6). The statistical analyses showed significant effects in scores of Age for all tests and of Ear for several tests. The main result from the work presented, the Auditory Processing Assessment Battery—European Portuguese (BAPA-PE), is available for clinical use with normative data. This battery is a new tool for behaviorism assessment of European Portuguese speakers with suspected central auditory pathology and for monitoring the results of auditory training.
Highlights
Health professionals responsible for conducting hearing assessment have been experiencing an increasing number of requests related to patients with normal hearing sensitivity thresholds and in which the peripheral assessment is not enough to clarify the difficulties reported by individuals or family members
The results will be presented for the six tests that made up the battery of tests in the representative sample of children from 5 to 12 years old without pathology
Answering the need of adequate state-of-the-art tests for European Portuguese native speakers, this paper presents a battery for Central Auditory Processing assessment, named
Summary
Health professionals responsible for conducting hearing assessment have been experiencing an increasing number of requests related to patients with normal hearing sensitivity thresholds and in which the peripheral assessment is not enough to clarify the difficulties reported by individuals or family members. These situations require a more complete audiological assessment, including assessment of Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPD) [1]. Some were published after the development of the work presented in this paper
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