TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric and behavioral measures of central auditory function
T2 - The relationship between dichotic listening and digit span tasks
AU - Maerlender, Arthur C.
AU - Wallis, Deborah J.
AU - Isquith, Peter K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Study 1 was generously funded by a grant from the Hitchcock Foundation awarded to the first author. The authors wish to express their appreciation to George McCloskey, Ph.D., for helpful comments on earlier versions.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - We hypothesized that the Digit Span (DS) subtest and component tasks (Wechsler, 1991) would show strong relationships with a dichotic listening test (Musiek, 1983). In two sets of archival clinical data (N = 74 and N = 51) we demonstrated that: (a) individuals with central auditory deficits had lower DS scores, F(1,72) = 7.34, p = .008; η2 = .09; and (b) left-ear dichotic deficits impacted forward span, F(2,48) = 8.45, p = .001. Right-ear dichotic listening performance also accounted for significant variance in digit forward span (R2 = 0.17, p = .003). While limited in scope, the studies conclude that forward but not reverse span performance is strongly related to dichotic listening, and can serve as a marker for possible central auditory deficits.
AB - We hypothesized that the Digit Span (DS) subtest and component tasks (Wechsler, 1991) would show strong relationships with a dichotic listening test (Musiek, 1983). In two sets of archival clinical data (N = 74 and N = 51) we demonstrated that: (a) individuals with central auditory deficits had lower DS scores, F(1,72) = 7.34, p = .008; η2 = .09; and (b) left-ear dichotic deficits impacted forward span, F(2,48) = 8.45, p = .001. Right-ear dichotic listening performance also accounted for significant variance in digit forward span (R2 = 0.17, p = .003). While limited in scope, the studies conclude that forward but not reverse span performance is strongly related to dichotic listening, and can serve as a marker for possible central auditory deficits.
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U2 - 10.1080/09297040490909314
DO - 10.1080/09297040490909314
M3 - Article
C2 - 15621853
AN - SCOPUS:11844304910
SN - 0929-7049
VL - 10
SP - 318
EP - 327
JO - Child Neuropsychology
JF - Child Neuropsychology
IS - 4
ER -