Central auditory functions in primary school children with and without phonological awareness problems

Abstract EN

Objective : The primary objective of this study was to assess central auditory functions in a group of primary school children with dyslexia mainly phonological awareness problems and to compare their performance with children with good phonological awareness ability.

Design : A group of 52 students with phonological awareness problems (according to their performance in phonological awareness subtest of Arabic Reading Test (ART)) and 31 age- and sex matched students without phonological awareness problems participated in the study.

All children were free from any neurological problems, had normal distant visual acuity, normal peripheral hearing sensitivity in both ears and IQ equal or above 90.

The children from both groups were subjected to central auditory tests (CAT).

Comparison between both groups in their performance in CAT was done and the correlations between CAT and items of phonological awareness subtest were examined.