Sound localization and word discrimination in reverberant environment in children with developmental dyslexia.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 73(4): 314-20, 2015 Apr.
Article
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| ID: mdl-25992522
OBJECTIVE: Compare if localization of sounds and words discrimination in reverberant environment is different between children with dyslexia and controls. METHOD: We studied 30 children with dyslexia and 30 controls. Sound and word localization and discrimination was studied in five angles from left to right auditory fields (-90o, -45o, 0o, +45o, +90o), under reverberant and no-reverberant conditions; correct answers were compared. RESULTS: Spatial location of words in no-reverberant test was deficient in children with dyslexia at 0º and +90o. Spatial location for reverberant test was altered in children with dyslexia at all angles, except -90o. Word discrimination in no-reverberant test in children with dyslexia had a poor performance at left angles. In reverberant test, children with dyslexia exhibited deficiencies at -45o, -90o, and +45o angles. CONCLUSION: Children with dyslexia could had problems when have to locate sound, and discriminate words in extreme locations of the horizontal plane in classrooms with reverberation.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Localização de Som
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Percepção da Fala
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Dislexia
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
México
País de publicação:
Alemanha