The purpose of the study was to assess the validity of a new version of the Token Test (TT) which is aimed at detecting deficits in auditory verbal working memory (henceforth WMTT). Twenty eight young healthy adults, 14 with and 14 without dyslexia, all paid volunteers, took part in the study. The WMTT was found to be positively and significantly correlated with tests of digit span forward and ...

Positron emission tomography measurements of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) were performed in normal volunteers during two auditory--verbal memory tasks: a subspan and supraspan task. The difference in rCBF between tasks was used to identify brain areas/systems involved in auditory--verbal long-term memory. Increases in rCBF were observed in the left and right prefrontal cortex, precuneus ...

PURPOSE To investigate the relations between musical experience, auditory processing and phonological awareness of groups of 5-year-old children with and without musical experience. METHODS Participants were 56 5-year-old subjects of both genders, 26 in the Study Group, consisting of children with musical experience, and 30 in the Control Group, consisting of children without musical experien...

OBJECTIVE To investigate working memory (WM), academic achievement, and their relationship in university students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHOD Participants were university students with previously confirmed diagnoses of ADHD (n = 16) and normal control (NC) students (n = 30). Participants completed 3 auditory-verbal WM measures, 2 visual-spatial WM measures, an...

The present study aimed at the investigation of the efficacy of computer-assisted instruction, with the purpose of treating the disorders related to the pronunciation and the delay in the Verbal and the language of 7-8 year old children (whether normal or exceptional). The current experimental study was conducted adopting pretest -posttest control group design. The statistical population of thi...

Objectives: A common concern in some cochlear-implanted children is the lack of desired progress auditory and listening skills. Such a remains despite proper verbal processor programming, additional disabilities, continuous participation hearing rehabilitation programs. more detailed assessment pathways centers processing at lower end brain stem by measuring time Electrical Stapedius Reflex (ES...