Auditory abilities stimulation in preschoolers
ABSTRACT Purpose: 1) to verify the intervention effects of an informal auditory training program to stimulate auditory abilities for sound localization and sequential memory for verbal and non-verbal sounds, at school environment in a group of preschoolers; 2) to investigate the influence of the gen...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista CEFAC 2020, Vol.22 (3) |
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Zusammenfassung: | ABSTRACT Purpose: 1) to verify the intervention effects of an informal auditory training program to stimulate auditory abilities for sound localization and sequential memory for verbal and non-verbal sounds, at school environment in a group of preschoolers; 2) to investigate the influence of the gender and age variables on the result of the Simplified Auditory Processing Test (test and retest). Methods: a prospective, analytical and intervention study developed at a Municipal School of Early Childhood Education. Fifty-one preschool children of both genders, aged between 4 and 6 years, participated in this study. To evaluate the intervention effects of the informal auditory training program, pre-and post-intervention procedures were performed, that is: meatoscopy, tympanometry and Simplified Auditory Processing Test. Appropriate statistical tests were applied, by adopting the 5% (0.05) significance level. Results: the comparison of the preschoolers’ performance on the test and retest showed a significant improvement in all auditory abilities assessed. Preschoolers showed a better performance in sound localization ability and a worse performance for sequential memory of nonverbal sounds ability, for both test and retest. Conclusion: in this population, the informal auditory training program showed to be effective and the age variable influenced the result of the Simplified Auditory Processing Test.
RESUMO Objetivo: 1) verificar os efeitos da intervenção de um programa de treinamento auditivo informal para estimulação das habilidades auditivas de localização sonora e de memória sequencial de sons verbais e não verbais, no ambiente escolar, em um grupo de pré-escolares; 2) investigar a influência das variáveis sexo e idade no resultado da avaliação simplificada do processamento auditivo (teste e reteste). Métodos: estudo prospectivo, analítico e intervencional, desenvolvido em uma Escola Municipal de Educação Infantil. Participaram 51 pré-escolares do sexo masculino e feminino, entre 4 e 6 anos. Para avaliar os efeitos da intervenção do programa de treinamento auditivo informal foram realizados os procedimentos, pré e pós-intervenção: meatoscopia, timpanometria e avaliação simplificada do processamento auditivo central. Foram aplicados os testes estatísticos propriados adotando-se o nível de significância menor que 0,05. Resultados: a comparação do desempenho dos pré-escolares no teste e reteste, evidenciou uma melhora significante em todas as habilidades audi |
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ISSN: | 1516-1846 1982-0216 1982-0216 |
DOI: | 10.1590/1982-0216/20202230520 |