Auditory Training with Computerized Software in Children with Auditory Processing Disorder by a Pediatrician: Description of Two Cases
Vanessa Pacini Inaba Fernandes
Sumare City Hall, Primary Care Unit, Sumare, Brazil
Keywords: Children, auditory processing disorder, auditory training, Tuning the brain software, learning disabilities
Abstract
Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a condition in which what is heard is not completely understood, even with adequate peripheral hearing. Treatment for APD can be providede with auditory training, but it is not included in public health insurance. This study describes two cases of low-income children with learning disabilities and APD, treated with the computerized auditory software "Tuning the Brain" provided by a pediatrician.
Case 1 is a ten-year-old girl with learning disability, family history of learning disability and recent death of a parent. After performing games for 17.3 hours over 14.2 months she showed improvement in dichotic digit Binaural integrationand separation, in Musiek temporal ordering (nominating and inversion), in Staggered Spondaic Word binaural integration, but worsened Masking Level Difference binaural integration. Case 2 is a ten year-old boy with personal and family history of learning disabilities. After performing games for 7.5 hours during 17.6 months he improved his figure-background Synthetic Sentence identification, dichotic digit Binaural integration and right ear dichotic digit Binaural separation, Musiek temporal ordination, nominating and inversions, Staggered Spondaic Word binaural integration and worsened left ear dichotic digit Binaural separation. After auditory training, patient 1 had three normalized skills (dichotic digit Binaural integration and separation and Staggered Spondaic Word binaural integration) and patient 2 had one (Synthetic sentence identification figure-background).
Computerized auditory training is a relevant tool for treatment of APD. More studies with greater samples and reduced training periods are needed to endorse this finding.
Cite this article as: Fernandes VPI. Auditory training with computerized software in children with auditory processing disorder by a pediatrician: description of two cases. Pediatr Acad Case Rep. 2026;5(2):37-40.