تقنين اختبار مهارات المعالجة السمعية للأطفال زارعي القوقعة الإلكترونية في ضوء بعض المتغيرات

Abstract EN

This study aimed to identify the standardization and the differences between groups of children with cochlear implants who were selected as the study sample of Test of Auditory Processing Skills according to some variables ( age at implantation – duration after implantation).

The study sample consisted of 49 children who received cochlear implantation, they were divided in to two groups, the first according to age at cochlear implantation ( from three to less than five years of age – from five to seven years of age) the other group according to duration after implantation (from one year to less than three years- from three years or more).

The study main tool is Test of Auditory Processing Skills (TAPS-3) (Arabized by: the researcher) which was prepared by Nancy Martin and Rick Brownell in 2005.

The researcher analyzed data using T-test and one way ANOVA method.

The study found that there were statistically significant differences between the scores of the children with cochlear implants according to the age at implantation, as the children who received their cochlear implant at earlier age had higher scores than others, the study also found that there were statistically significant differences between the scores of the children with cochlear implants according to the duration after deafness, the more this period was the best scores they had on the Test of Auditory Processing Skills.