Auditory Processing Disorder Test Battery in European Portuguese—Development and Normative Data for Pediatric Population

There is an increasing need for state-of-the-art Central Auditory Processing assessment Portuguese native speakers, applicable as early possible. As a contribution to answering this need, paper presents new battery European children aged 5 and above, named BAPA-PE, providing information regarding test selection development. The consists of six behavioral tests: Staggered Spondaic Words (SSW) Portuguese, Filtered Speech, Speech in Noise, Detection Interval Duration, Frequency Pattern. normative data 12 are also reported. A sample was obtained 217 subjects without ear pathology with typical Each age group composed at least 30 children. All were evaluated using pure tone audiometry, speech impedance, otoacoustic emissions. Normative scores reported each the auditory processing tests. young (aged 6). statistical analyses showed significant effects Age all tests Ear several main result from work presented, Assessment Battery—European (BAPA-PE), available clinical use data. This tool behaviorism speakers suspected central monitoring results training.