Evaluation of auditory discrimination in children with ADD and without ADD

¹Department of Speech Communication Sciences, and Theatre, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York 11439, USA.

|January 1, 1996

Summary

Children with attention deficits (ADD) exhibit poorer auditory discrimination, especially with background noise. Response modes did not significantly impact results, highlighting challenges in noisy educational settings.

Area of Science:

Auditory Perception
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Speech-Language Pathology

Background:

Auditory discrimination is crucial for language development and academic success.
Children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) often face challenges in auditory processing.
Understanding these challenges informs educational and clinical interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate auditory discrimination in children with and without ADD.
To compare verbal (Northwestern University Auditory Test 6 [NU-6]) and picture-pointing (Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock [GFW]) response modes.
To assess the impact of competing messages on auditory skills in these children.

Main Methods:

Children with and without ADD completed auditory discrimination tasks.
Tasks involved two response modes: verbal (NU-6) and picture pointing (GFW).
The effect of competing messages (GFW) was evaluated in quiet and noisy conditions.

Main Results:

No significant differences in auditory discrimination between response modes were found in quiet.
Children with ADD demonstrated significantly poorer speech discrimination in noise compared to controls.
No differential effects of competing message types were observed within the ADD group.

Conclusions:

Auditory discrimination deficits in children with ADD are exacerbated by background noise.
Standardized auditory tests show comparable performance across response modes in quiet.
Findings have implications for clinical assessment and educational strategies for children with ADD.

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