BACKGROUND: the assessment of the auditory processing is a useful procedure to detect deficits not only related to sound reception but also to the analysis and organization of sound information, which in turn leads to a therapeutic process that aims at the maximization of communication. AIM: to characterize normal score patterns in a auditory processing screening test, applied in 40 children with ages varying from seven to eight years and to compare the results of the present study to those in the national literature. METHOD: 40 normal hearing children, students of regular schools of Bauru-SP, who presented no signs of auditory processing disorder, were evaluated. RESULTS: the average scores obtained for children with seven years of age in the subtests of filtered speech, speech in noise and competing words were of 33.35, 32.5, and 71.8 respectively, and for children with eight years of age the scores were of 33.5, 34.5 and 79.9. CONCLUSION: the significant statistical differences found between the analyzed studies indicate the need of studies involving a larger number of children of different geographic and social areas.
Child Development; Auditory Perception; Hearing
