spondaic word test in epileptic patients
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چکیده
Central auditory processing assessment has been used as a diagnostic tool for almost 50 years. The dichotic listening paradigm was introduced by Broadbent (1954) and, following Kimura’s first studies (1963), a large volume of research has been produced. Processing of auditory information during childhood may be altered if any predisposing factor is present during the course of development. Neurological disorders are risk factors for dysfunction in the processing of auditory information termed central auditory processing (CAP). From this perspective, epileptic children present such a risk factor and could present central auditory processing disorders. The majority of research related to epilepsy dysfunction is based on the study of cognitive or linguistic abilities. These studies reveal that the cognitive performance of epileptic children differs in comparison with control groups and it also differs between groups of epileptic children when different crisis types are studied: partial or generalized crises. In view of the fact that cognitive functions involve attention and memory and that central auditory processing also involves attention and memory, we suspected that there could be performance differences in tests assessing CAP in epileptic patients with partial or generalized crises. Since various mechanisms are analyzed through different procedures during CAP evaluation, we selected one of them for this study: the recognition of overlapped sounds presented dichotically, using the Staggered Spondaic Word Test (SSW) in Portuguese. • Karin Zazo Ortiz
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