The Role of Visual and Auditory Temporal Processing in Reading Irregular and Nonsense Words

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p3025 ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 1127-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes Au ◽  
Bill Lovegrove
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Resolution ◽  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Word Reading ◽  
Nonsense Word ◽  
Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽  
Irregular Word ◽  
Auditory Temporal Processing

In the present study, the role of rapid visual and auditory temporal processing in reading irregular and nonsense words was investigated with a group of normal readers. One hundred and five undergraduates participated in various visual and auditory temporal-processing tasks. Readers who primarily adopted the phonological route in reading (nonsense-word readers) showed a trend for better auditory temporal resolution but readers who primarily adopted sight word skills (irregular-word readers) did not exhibit better visual temporal resolution. Both the correlation and stepwise multiple-regression analyses, however, revealed a relationship between visual temporal processing and irregular-word reading as well as a relationship between auditory temporal processing and nonsense-word reading. The results support the involvement of visual and auditory processing in reading irregular and nonsense words respectively, and were discussed with respect to recent findings that only dyslexics with phonological impairment will display temporal deficits. Further, the temporal measures were not effective discriminants for the reading groups, suggesting a lack of association between reading ability and the choice of reading strategy.

Lateralization of Speech and Auditory Temporal Processing

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 536-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Belin ◽  
Monica Zilbovicius ◽  
Sophie Crozier ◽  
Lionel Thivard ◽  
and Anne Fontaine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Cortex ◽  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Cerebral Activation ◽  
Language Lateralization ◽  
Auditory Temporal Processing ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Human Volunteers ◽  
The Right

To investigate the role of temporal processing in language lateralization, we monitored asymmetry of cerebral activation in human volunteers using positron emission tomography (PET). Subjects were scanned during passive auditory stimulation with nonverbal sounds containing rapid (40 msec) or extended (200 msec) frequency transitions. Bilateral symmetric activation was observed in the auditory cortex for slow frequency transitions. In contrast, left-biased asymmetry was observed in response to rapid frequency transitions due to reduced response of the right auditory cortex. These results provide direct evidence that auditory processing of rapid acoustic transitions is lateralized in the human brain. Such functional asymmetry in temporal processing is likely to contribute to language lateralization from the lowest levels of cortical processing.

Auditory Temporal Processing Performance of Young Adults With Reading Disorders

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 598-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna M. Walker ◽  
Jennifer B. Shinn ◽  
Jerry L. Cranford ◽  
Gregg D. Givens ◽  
Don Holbert
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Pattern Discrimination ◽  
Error Rates ◽  
Frequency Difference ◽  
Reading Disorders ◽  
Frequency Pattern ◽  
Auditory Temporal Processing ◽  
Processing Abilities

The present study investigated the temporal processing abilities of college students with diagnosed reading disorders. A behavioral test battery was used that involved discrimination of the pattern of presentation of tone triads in which individual components differed in either frequency or duration. An additional test involving measurement of frequency difference limens for long- and short-duration tones was also administered. The college students with reading disorders exhibited significantly higher error rates in discriminating duration patterns than the normal reading group. No group differences were found for the frequency pattern discrimination task. Both groups exhibited larger frequency difference limens with the shorter 20- and 50-ms tones than with the 200-ms tones. Significant correlations were found between reading ability measures and temporal processing abilities, specifically in word recognition and duration pattern processing, suggesting a relationship between lower level auditory temporal processing skills and decoding efficiency.

Role of Auditory Temporal Processing for Reading and Spelling Disability

1998 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 1043-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerd Schulte-Körne ◽  
Wolfgang Deimel ◽  
Jürgen Bartling ◽  
Helmut Remschmidt
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Detection Threshold ◽  
Detection Task ◽  
Gap Detection ◽  
Auditory Temporal Processing ◽  
Spelling Disability ◽  
Processing Deficit ◽  
Reading And Spelling

The role of auditory temporal processing in reading and spelling was investigated in a sample of 30 children and one of 31 adults, using a gap-detection task with nonspeech stimuli. There was no evidence for a relationship between reading and spelling disability (dyslexia) and the gap-detection threshold. The results were discussed regarding the relevance for the popular hypothesis of an auditory temporal processing deficit underlying dyslexia.

Reference values of selected auditory temporal processing tests for Polish school children

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Włodarczyk ◽  
Agata Szkiełkowska ◽  
Adam Piłka
Keyword(s):  
Reference Values ◽  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Auditory Information ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Frequency Pattern ◽  
Auditory Temporal Processing ◽  
Sound Sensitivity

Introduction: Distorted processing of auditory information has a negative impact on the child’s cognitive development. There are only a few studies conducted by Polish researchers determining the normative values of psychoacoustic tests in auditory processing disorders. They are inconsistent due to different methodologies and different research protocols. Objective: The aim of the work was to determine the reference values of selected psychoacoustic tests for the population of Polish children between 7 and 12 years of age. Material and method: The study group consisted of 213 healthy children from 7 to 12 years of age. The condition for including the child in the study was an intellectual norm, proper sound sensitivity, proper development of children’s voice and speech. All children underwent two auditory temporal processing tests. The diagnostic procedure used a standardized Frequency Pattern Test (FPT) and Duration Pattern Test (DPT). The tests were carried out in accordance with the authors' recommendations, using the original versions available on the CD for 60 dB SL intensity, simultaneously for the right and left ear. Results: The reference values for FPT and DPT tests were determined at various age ranges in children aged 7-12. It has been shown that auditory functions change with age and development of the child. Reference values including age, language, cultural and educational differences were prepared. Conclusions: The development of reference values for individual tests for the Polish children population is a key element in the reliable diagnosis of auditory processing.

The role of visual and auditory temporal processing for Chinese children with developmental dyslexia

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin K. H. Chung ◽  
Catherine McBride-Chang ◽  
Simpson W. L. Wong ◽  
Him Cheung ◽  
Trevor B. Penney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Dyslexia ◽  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Auditory Temporal Processing

scholarly journals Association between auditory temporal and visual processing in reading skill

Revista CEFAC ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carla Oliveira Garcia ◽  
Douglas de Araújo Vilhena ◽  
Márcia Reis Guimarães ◽  
Ângela Maria Vieira Pinheiro ◽  
Teresa Maria Momensohn-Santos
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Reading Rate ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Auditory Temporal Processing ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Colored Overlays ◽  
Visual Stress

ABSTRACT Purpose: to verify whether students screened with altered auditory temporal processing are more likely to present altered visual processing. Methods: the sample consisted of 68 children, aged from 9 to 12 years, 53% males, from the 5th and 6th grades of a public school. All children with alterations in the audiological or ophthalmological evaluation were excluded. The Duration Pattern Test (screening for auditory temporal skill), the Reading Perceptual Scale (visual stress symptom questionnaire and colored overlays selection) and the Rate of Reading Test (number of words correctly read per minute) were used. Appropriate statistical tests were applied adopting the significance level lower than 0.05. Results: participants screened with abnormal auditory processing had higher visual stress symptoms and lower reading rate, with a significant and moderate effect (p< 0.05; d< 0.71), when compared to their peers with normal auditory processing. Among the children with altered Duration Pattern Test, 58% improved the reading rate with the use of colored overlays, whereas 29% did so in the control group (Odds Ratio = 3.4, p = 0.017). Conclusion: children screened with altered auditory temporal processing presented a three times higher possibility of association with visual processing alterations, due to shared magnocellular system.

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