Karty Oceny Rozwoju Psychoruchowego (KORP) – opis narzędzia i prezentacja jego wykorzystania na przykładzie trzech studiów przypadku dzieci z zaburzeniami słuchu

Abstract

Introduction: Well-functioning senses, including hearing, enable the child’s normal psychomotor development. In children with various types of hearing loss, delayed or non-harmonious psychomotor development is often observed. The Psychomotor Development Evaluation Cards (KORP) allow to study many developmental spheres, and thus allow also the rapid detection of developmental abnormalities. Using KORP, one can examine both the motor, cognitive (including linguistic), as well as socio-emotional, and behavioral functions, the level of knowledge and learning skills.Aim: The aim of the study was to present by means of KORP three different profiles of psychomotor development of children with hearing impairments: a prelingually deaf child, a child with unilateral deafness and a child with central auditory processing disorders.Material and Method: The study presents the results of three children with hearing disorders obtained by the evaluation of the level of psychomotor development using KORP.Results: In a girl M.L., aged 4, using CI, the test performed 2 years after the device activation indicates a low level of child’s functioning in terms of language skills and learning (hearing-related tests). A girl R.P., aged 8, with central auditory processing disorders, shows a low level of functioning in 6 out of 7 spheres of functioning. The boy P.A., aged 4, with unilateral deafness, examined after 2 years of using the CI, shows normal psychomotor functioning in all studied areas in relation to his biological age.Conclusions: KORP can be used as a tool enabling initial diagnosis of psychomotor development of children with hearing and speech disorders. The results obtained in this study may facilitate the planning of multi-specialist assistance for children with impaired psychomotor development. The results may indicate which areas of the child’s functioning should be subjected to a deeper specialist diagnosis, and after confirmation, which treatment and rehabilitation should be applied. KORP can also be used to evaluate the applied forms of specialist and rehabilitation support.