Processamento auditivo central e escolares: correlação entre avaliação simplificada e a bateria de testes comportamentais

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the relationship between the Simplified Assessment (screening) and the Battery of Behavioral Tests of Central Auditory Processing in Schoolchildren. Methods: We analyzed 43 records of public school students, attended at a Speech-Language Pathology Clinic, aged 9 and 11 years. Both data were analyzed and correlated in order to analyze the efficiency of the simplified evaluation in the screening of possible PAC alterations. Results: The Spearman correlation showed that there is no relationship between the simplified PAC assessment and the PAC Behavioral Test Battery score (ρ = -, 134; p> 0.05). However, relating the PAC tests used to indicate whether or not to have CAPAC, it was observed that there is a strong and negative correlation between the result of the TPAC and the PPS test (ρ = -, 626; p <0.01); Right ear DD (ρ = -, 552; p <0.01); DD in the left ear (ρ = -, 644; p <0.01), and positive and strong correlation in the TPAC result and the RGDT test (ρ =, 575; p <0.01). Conclusion: It was possible to verify that, in the analyzed sample, it is not possible to track children who have TPAC only by the simplified evaluation (location, Verbal and Nonverbal Sequential Memory and Discrimination). It is necessary to include another behavioral test to complement the battery such as the PPS and / or DD test.