Piers Dawes|Dorothy V. M. Bishop
Maturation of Visual and Auditory Temporal Processing in School-Aged Children
examine development sensitivity auditory visual temporal processes children association standardized measures auditory processing communication methods normative data tests visual auditory processing collected 18 adults 98 children aged 610 years age auditory processes included detection pitch temporal cues using iterated rippled noise frequency modulation detection 2 hz 40 hz 240 hz visual processes coherent form coherent motion detection testretest data gathered 21 childrenperformance perceptual tasks improved age except fine temporal processing iterated rippled noise coherent form perception relatively stable age range withinsubject variability assessed track width account agerelated change evidence common temporal processing factor significant associations perceptual task performance communication level childrens communication checklist 2nd ed v bishop 2003 speechbased auditory processing scanc r w keith 2000the auditory tasks different developmental trajectories despite common procedure indicating agerelated change solely due responsiveness task demands 2hz frequency modulation detection task previously used dyslexia research visual tasks low reliability compared measures