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Normative data of the A(section)E discrimination and identification tests in preverbal children
K Daemers1, M Yperman, C De Beukelaer
1The Eargroup, Antwerp-Deurne, Belgium.
Insights
The Auditory Selective Attention (ASAE) discrimination test is feasible for 10-month-old infants. The ASAE identification test is reliable for children aged 30 months and older, aiding in early hearing assessment.
Area of Science:
- Audiology
- Developmental Pediatrics
- Speech and Hearing Sciences
Background:
- Early identification of hearing impairment in preverbal children is crucial for development.
- The Auditory Selective Attention (ASAE) test is a suprathreshold auditory evaluation tool.
- Normative data for ASAE tests in young children are needed for accurate assessment.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish normative data for the ASAE discrimination test in 10-month-old infants.
- To establish normative data for the ASAE identification tests in children aged 2 to 4 years.
- To define pass criteria for these tests, ensuring 95% of normally hearing infants pass.
Main Methods:
- Testing normally hearing children at specific age intervals (10 months, 2-4 years).
- Administering the ASAE discrimination test to 10-month-olds.
- Administering the ASAE identification tests to children aged 2 to 4 years.
Main Results:
- The ASAE discrimination test is feasible and reliable in 10-month-old infants.
- The ASAE identification test is feasible and reliable from 30 months of age.
- Established pass criteria allow for 95% of normally hearing infants to pass the tests.
Conclusions:
- The ASAE discrimination test can be effectively used for auditory evaluation in infants as young as 10 months.
- The ASAE identification test is a viable tool for assessing hearing in children from 30 months of age.
- These findings support the early audiological assessment of hearing-impaired preverbal children using ASAE tests.
Abstract:
The A(section)E((R)) is a set of suprathreshold tests for the auditory evaluation of the hearing impaired. A particular population of interest is the hearing-impaired preverbal child. This paper reports on normative data of the A(section)E((R)) discrimination test in children aged 10 months and of the A(section)E((R)) identification tests in children aged 2 to 4 years. Normally hearing children of these ages were tested and pass criteria were defined in such a way that 95% of the hearing infants would pass the tests. With these criteria, the A(section)E((R)) discrimination test is feasible at 10 months of age and the A section signE((R)) identification test from 30 months of age.
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