dc.contributor.author | Mealings, Kiri | |
dc.contributor.author | Dillon, Harvey | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-13T03:11:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-13T03:11:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Audiology, March 2020 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.nal.gov.au/xmlui/handle/123456789/1033 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: The aim of this study was to compare speech reception thresholds in noise measured with the Listening in Spatialized 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.
Design: Participants completed audiometry, the LiSN-S, and the LiSN-U.
Study Sample: 90 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged six to 14 years tested in a school setting.
Results: 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.
Conclusions: 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 | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.title | English language and language-free detection of spatial processing disorders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |