A DICHOTIC DIGIT TEST AS A SENSITIVE TOOL TO SCREEN AND ASSESS AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER IN CANADIAN FRENCH-SPEAKING CHILDREN: RESULTS FROM A PILOT STUDY

摘要

The aim of the present pilot study was to develop a test to screen children with suspected auditory processing disorder (APD). Twenty-one school-aged children with listening or learning difficulties participated in the study. They performed three screening psychoacoustic tests and one memory span test before being assessed with a full auditory processing test battery used to diagnose APD. Results showed that three children had an APD diagnosis. Based on these findings, sensitivity and specificity of the screening tool were calculated. Results revealed that the best percentage of these two psychometric parameters was reached when children failed two out of the three psychoacoustic tests.