Auditory Processing Training in Learning Disability - doi:10.5020/18061230.2006.p188

Abstract

The aim of this case report was to promote a reflection about the importance of speechtherapy for stimulation a person with learning disability associated to language and auditory processing disorders. Data analysis considered the auditory abilities deficits identified in the first auditory processing test, held on April 30, 2002 compared with the new auditory processing test done on May 13, 2003, after one year of therapy directed to acoustic stimulation of auditory abilities disorders, in accordance with the two speech-therapy reports described at that specific period. The speech-language therapy was favorable for evolution in the processes of decoding, organization and prosody, also in auditory closure abilities, focus sound on background noise and temporal ordering problems related to learning disorders. This approach provided gains in auditory abilities and language skills of the subject who presented evolution in attention, concentration and learning levels.

Keywords

• Transtornos de Aprendizagem
• Percepção Auditiva
• Estimulação Auditiva