Are there auditory processing and perception disorders in children with dyslexia?
Schmidt R; Winter K; Tesch-Rmer C; Behrndt SM; Steffen M; Nawka T Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenkrankheiten, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie, Greifswald. audiomet@uni-greifswald.de BACKGROUND: In this paper the dichotic tests and the CERA (Cortical Evoked Response Audiometry) of children with dyslexia had been examined, in order to find out if there are auditory processing and perception disorders. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 33 children with dyslexia had been compared with 28 children without problems of writing and reading. The mean age of the children was 9 years. All of the children had been examined by the following audiometric measurements: tympanometry, pure-tone-audiometry, speech-audiometry, dichotic Tests by Uttenweiler and Feldmann and the Cortical Evoked Response Audiometry (CERA) rated according to Esser. RESULTS: The intelligence quotients were in the group of dyslexic children significantly lower. The Uttenweiler and Feldmann tests were in dyslexic children significantly
