Efeito do treinamento auditivo na percepção visual em escolares com transtorno do processamento auditivo central

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the possible damage caused by auditory training on the visual perception of schoolchildren, to compare data from the assessment of visual perception patterns before and after auditory training, and to analyze the possible correlation between central auditory processing and visual perception skills in CAPD. Method: Eleven children underwent anamnesis, basic audiological evaluation, assessment of central auditory processing (CAP) and visual perception (using the DTVP-2), performed 8 sessions of acoustically controlled auditory training, and finally 2 underwent reassessment of CAP and visual perception. Descriptive statistics techniques were applied and the normality of the samples observed through the Shapiro-Wilk test. The software used to obtain the calculations was JAMOVI. Results: Significant differences were observed in 7 of the 8 visual skills and in 2 of the 3 composite scores assessed using the DTVP-2, one of which was the “purest” measure of visual perception (QPMR). Conclusion: The results obtained allow us to state that acoustically controlled auditory training brought benefits to visual perception.