Temporal Processing and Literacy Skills in Children With Hearing Aids.

IF 3 3区医学 Q1 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools Pub Date : 2026-06-29 DOI:10.1044/2026_lshss-25-00225

Feyza Nur Güngör,Merve Meral Çetinkaya

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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between temporal processing and literacy performance in children with hearing aids. METHOD The study included a total of 45 children, comprising 21 with typical hearing and 24 who used hearing aids, all of whom were attending the second, third, or fourth grades of primary school. Temporal processing skills were evaluated using the Frequency Pattern Test and the Duration Pattern Test (DPT), whereas reading and writing abilities were assessed through the Literacy Assessment Battery. RESULTS Children using hearing aids demonstrated statistically significantly lower performance in the DPT and in the test assessing writing skills compared to their typically hearing peers. A positive, significant correlation was found between temporal processing skills and literacy skills. Moreover, temporal processing and literacy performance were observed to be negatively correlated with the age at which the child's first amplification was provided and positively correlated with the duration of auditory rehabilitation. CONCLUSIONS This study found that in children using hearing aids, performance on temporal pattern tests was significantly correlated with reading and writing skills. Furthermore, these findings suggest that early amplification and consistent auditory rehabilitation may be correlated with better temporal processing and literacy skills.

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助听器儿童的时间加工和读写能力。

目的探讨助听器儿童的时间加工与读写能力之间的关系。方法本研究共纳入45名儿童，其中21名听力正常，24名使用助听器，均为小学二年级、三年级或四年级学生。时间处理能力通过频率模式测试和持续时间模式测试（DPT）进行评估，阅读和写作能力通过读写能力评估测试进行评估。结果与听力正常的同龄人相比，使用助听器的儿童在DPT和写作技能测试中的表现明显较低。在时间处理能力和读写能力之间发现了显著的正相关。此外，时间加工和读写能力表现与儿童第一次提供扩音的年龄呈负相关，与听觉康复的持续时间呈正相关。结论本研究发现，使用助听器的儿童在时间模式测试中的表现与阅读和写作技能显著相关。此外，这些发现表明，早期放大和持续的听觉康复可能与更好的时间处理和读写技能相关。

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Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language

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4.40

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12.50%

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165

期刊介绍： Mission: LSHSS publishes peer-reviewed research and other scholarly articles pertaining to the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology in the schools, focusing on children and adolescents. The journal is an international outlet for clinical research and is designed to promote development and analysis of approaches concerning the delivery of services to the school-aged population. LSHSS seeks to advance evidence-based practice by disseminating the results of new studies as well as providing a forum for critical reviews and meta-analyses of previously published work. Scope: The broad field of audiology and speech-language pathology as practiced in schools, including aural rehabilitation; augmentative and alternative communication; childhood apraxia of speech; classroom acoustics; cognitive impairment; craniofacial disorders; fluency disorders; hearing-assistive technology; language disorders; literacy disorders including reading, writing, and spelling; motor speech disorders; speech sound disorders; swallowing, dysphagia, and feeding disorders; voice disorders.