Year: 2004
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Four temporal resolution tests: the Auditory Fusion Test-Revised, the RandomGap Detection Test, the Binaural Fusion Test, and the Gap in Noise Test were administered to ten children with normal hearing between the ages of 7 to 11 years.The same tests were also administered to one child age 13 years with minimal auditory processing deficits.Statistical analysis revealed a strong correlation between the Auditory Fusion Test-Revised and the click subtest of the Random Gap Detection Test.A repeated measures, one-way analysis of variance revealed a statistically significant difference (p < .001)among the six measures derived from the four temporal resolution tests.A Newman-Keuls' multiple-range test revealed significant differences for eight of the possible fifteen paired means.Mean differences seemed to result primarily from differences in stimulus type (i.e., clicks, tones, or noise).From a clinical perspective, however, all but one of the means were within one standard deviation from the published norms suggesting that all tests yielded results that would be interpreted similarly by clinicians.The participant with auditory processing deficits performed comparably to the participants with normal hearing, with scores on five of the six measures near the mean of the participants with normal hearing.Only on the left ear of the Gap in Noise Test was the score of the participant with auditory processing deficits significantly different from the mean of the participants with normal hearing.Implications for diagnostic testing of temporal resolution are discussed.
Author: Jowan Lee
Language: English
Subfield: Speech and Hearing
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W79941626