Remediating spatial processing disorder in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Kiri Mealings, Samantha Harkus

Abstract

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are much more likely than non-Indigenous children to experience early onset, chronic otitis media and associated hearing loss. This can result in the child developing spatial processing disorder (SPD). The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of Sound Storm auditory training in remediating SPD in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children at a regional school in Queensland, Australia. Fifteen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (males = 8, females = 7, age range = 6-13 years, mean = 8 years; 6 months) with SPD were tested on audiometry, the Listening in Spatialized Noise - Sentences Test (LiSN-S), and Listening in Spatialized Noise - Universal Test (LiSN-U). Teachers completed the Listening Inventory for Education - Revised Teacher Questionnaire (LIFE-R) and Auditory Processing Domains Questionnaire (APDQ). These measures were taken pre- and post-training with Sound Storm. Children's Sound Storm noise-to-signal ratio improved significantly and was positively correlated with the number of games they played. Eight of the nine children who completed at least 40% of the training were retested on the LiSN-S, LiSN-U, LIFE-R, and APDQ post-training. SPD w...Continue Reading

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