Parental perception of listening difficulties: an interaction between weaknesses in language processing and ability to sustain attention

Abstract (Central) auditory processing disorder ((C)APD) is a controversial diagnostic category which may be an artefact of referral route. Yet referral route must, to some extent, be influenced by a child’s profile of presenting symptoms. This study tested the hypothesis that parental perception of...

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Autores principales:	Hettie Roebuck, Johanna G. Barry
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2018
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c260251379cf441aa70e70a49760b46d2021-12-02T12:32:34ZParental perception of listening difficulties: an interaction between weaknesses in language processing and ability to sustain attention10.1038/s41598-018-25316-92045-2322https://doaj.org/article/c260251379cf441aa70e70a49760b46d2018-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25316-9https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract (Central) auditory processing disorder ((C)APD) is a controversial diagnostic category which may be an artefact of referral route. Yet referral route must, to some extent, be influenced by a child’s profile of presenting symptoms. This study tested the hypothesis that parental perception of listening difficulty is associated with weaknesses in ability to sustain attention while listening to speech. Forty-four children (24 with listening difficulties) detected targets embedded in a 16-minute story. The targets were either mispronunciations or nonsense words. Sentence context was modulated to separate out effects due to deficits in language processing from effects due to deficits in attention. Children with listening difficulties missed more targets than children with typical listening abilities. Both groups of children were initially sensitive to sentence context, but this declined over time in the children with listening difficulties. A report-based measure of language abilities captured the majority of variance in a measure capturing time-related changes in sensitivity to context. Overall, the findings suggest parents perceive children to have listening, not language difficulties, because weaknesses in language processing only emerge when stressed by the additional demands associated with attending to, and processing, speech over extended periods of time.Hettie RoebuckJohanna G. BarryNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Hettie Roebuck Johanna G. Barry Parental perception of listening difficulties: an interaction between weaknesses in language processing and ability to sustain attention
description	Abstract (Central) auditory processing disorder ((C)APD) is a controversial diagnostic category which may be an artefact of referral route. Yet referral route must, to some extent, be influenced by a child’s profile of presenting symptoms. This study tested the hypothesis that parental perception of listening difficulty is associated with weaknesses in ability to sustain attention while listening to speech. Forty-four children (24 with listening difficulties) detected targets embedded in a 16-minute story. The targets were either mispronunciations or nonsense words. Sentence context was modulated to separate out effects due to deficits in language processing from effects due to deficits in attention. Children with listening difficulties missed more targets than children with typical listening abilities. Both groups of children were initially sensitive to sentence context, but this declined over time in the children with listening difficulties. A report-based measure of language abilities captured the majority of variance in a measure capturing time-related changes in sensitivity to context. Overall, the findings suggest parents perceive children to have listening, not language difficulties, because weaknesses in language processing only emerge when stressed by the additional demands associated with attending to, and processing, speech over extended periods of time.
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title	Parental perception of listening difficulties: an interaction between weaknesses in language processing and ability to sustain attention
title_short	Parental perception of listening difficulties: an interaction between weaknesses in language processing and ability to sustain attention
title_full	Parental perception of listening difficulties: an interaction between weaknesses in language processing and ability to sustain attention
title_fullStr	Parental perception of listening difficulties: an interaction between weaknesses in language processing and ability to sustain attention
title_full_unstemmed	Parental perception of listening difficulties: an interaction between weaknesses in language processing and ability to sustain attention
title_sort	parental perception of listening difficulties: an interaction between weaknesses in language processing and ability to sustain attention
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Parental perception of listening difficulties: an interaction between weaknesses in language processing and ability to sustain attention

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