Relationship between Verbal Working Memory and the SCAN-C in Children with Specific Language Impairment

Autor/inn/en	Lum, Jarrad A. G.; Zarafa, Michelle
Titel	Relationship between Verbal Working Memory and the SCAN-C in Children with Specific Language Impairment
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 41 (2010) 4, S.521-530 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
DOI	10.1044/0161-1461(2010/09-0035)
Schlagwörter	Language Impairments; Program Effectiveness; Short Term Memory; Correlation; Auditory Stimuli; Auditory Tests; Cognitive Processes; Children; Child Development; Verbal Ability; Task Analysis; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Korrelation; Auditive Stimulation; Auditory test; Autismus; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kindesentwicklung; Mündliche Leistung; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	Purpose: An ongoing concern with the evaluation of auditory processing disorders is the extent that assessment instruments are influenced by higher order cognitive functions. This study examined the relationship between verbal working memory and performance on the Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Children-Revised (SCAN-C; Keith, 2000b) in children with specific language impairment (SLI) and typically developing (TD) children. Method: Sixteen children with SLI and 16 TD children ages 8 1/2 to 11 years participated in the study. The children were presented with the SCAN-C and tests measuring verbal working memory. Results: Initial comparisons revealed that the SLI group obtained significantly lower scores than the TD group on the SCAN-C. However, after controlling for verbal working memory, significant differences between the 2 groups were no longer observed. Correlational analyses revealed that the composite score from the SCAN-C was related to all tests assessing verbal working memory. Conclusions: Performance on the SCAN-C may be related to working memory functioning. As a consequence, it is unclear whether difficulty on this task should be viewed as a problem with auditory processing or a problem with verbal working memory. (As Provided).
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