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  • Auditory Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Pediatrics

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  • Auditory processing disorder (APD) affects sound perception and comprehension.
  • Working memory is crucial for processing auditory information.
  • Auditory stream segregation is the ability to perceptually separate competing sound streams.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between working memory capacity and auditory stream segregation in children.
  • To compare these abilities in children with and without APD.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional comparative study with typically developing children and children with APD (ages 9-11).
  • Auditory stream segregation assessed using concurrent minimum audible angle.
  • Working memory capacity evaluated via non-word repetition and digit span tasks.

Main Results:

  • Children with APD demonstrated significantly poorer auditory stream segregation and working memory capacity.
  • Negative correlations were found between working memory and auditory stream segregation in children with APD, particularly at frontal locations.

Conclusions:

  • A significant relationship exists between working memory capacity and auditory stream segregation in children with APD.
  • Reduced working memory capacity may underlie difficulties in auditory stream segregation for children with APD.