Relationship between auditory sequential memory, auditory integration and phonological performance in children from 3 to 3 years 11 months with expressive specific language impairment | Revista Chilena de Fonoaudiología
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Relationship between auditory sequential memory, auditory integration and phonological performance in children from 3 to 3 years 11 months with expressive specific language impairment

Authors

  • Romina Arévalo Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
  • Hernán León Universidad de Concepción
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Abstract

The present research aims to study the correlation between auditory sequential memory capacity (ASM), auditory integration (AI) abilities, and phonological performance in 24 children with expressive specific language impairment, with an age range between 3 and 3 years and 11 months, who attend a special language school. Participants were evaluated through two subtests of the Illinois Psycholinguistic Aptitudes Test (an ASM subtest and an AI subtest), and the Test to Evaluate the Phonological Simplification Processes Revised (TEPROSIF-R). The results indicate a statistically significant correlation between sequential auditory memory, auditory integration and phonological performance. When analyzing the data by dividing the sample into two age groups. When analyzing the data dividing the sample into two age groups, we observed that, for the age group between 3 and 3 years and 5 months there is a statistically significant correlation between auditory sequential memory, auditory integration and phonological performance. For the age group from 3 years 6 months to 3 years 11 months the same trend is observed without reaching statistically significant values. This suggests that the relationship between these variables decreases as children approach their fourth year of life.

Keywords:

specific language impairment , phonological process , auditory integration , auditory sequential memory