1. English language and language-free detection of spatial processing disorders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
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Mealings, Kiri and Dillon, Harvey
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SPEECH perception , *TORRES Strait Islanders , *ENGLISH language , *HEARING levels , *PREDICTIVE tests , *NOISE , *COMMUNICATIVE competence , *IMPEDANCE audiometry , *BONE conduction , *REGRESSION analysis , *WORD deafness , *AUDIOMETRY , *RESEARCH funding , *ABORIGINAL Australians , *OTOSCOPES , *DATA analysis software , *STATISTICAL correlation , *CHILDREN - Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare speech reception thresholds in noise measured with the Listening in Spatialised Noise – Universal test (LiSN-U; which requires no English knowledge) with those measured from the relevant conditions of the LiSN – Sentences test (LiSN-S; a test requiring knowledge of English) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. A second aim was to compare the ability of the two tests to detect spatial processing disorder. Participants completed audiometry, the LiSN-S, and the LiSN-U. 90 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged six to 14 years tested in a school setting. Strong correlations were found between speech reception thresholds in noise for the two tests. A moderate correlation was found between the difference scores that each test uses to detect spatial processing disorder. Consistent diagnoses of whether a child had spatial processing disorder or not on both tests were found for 72% of children. The moderate-to-strong relationships and agreement between diagnoses found for the LiSN-S and LiSN-U show promise for the LiSN-U being used as a tool to investigate spatial processing disorder in children, without requiring the test to use a language familiar to the children being tested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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