Cont emporary cross-sectional cohort study. There is evidence of the auditory perception influence on the development of oral and written language, as well as on the self-perception of vocal conditions. The auditory system maturation can impact on this process. Objective:To characterize the auditory skills of temporal ordering and localization in dysphonic children. Materials and Methods:We assessed 42 children (4 to 8 years). Study group: 31 dysphonic children; Comparison group: 11 children without vocal change complaints. They all had normal auditory thresholds and also normal cochleo-eyelid reflexes. They were submitted to a Simplified assessment of the auditory process (Pereira, 1993). In order to compare the groups, we used the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests. Level of significance: 0.05 (5%).Results: Upon simplified assessment, 100% of the Control Group and 61.29% of the Study Group had normal results. The groups were similar in the localization and verbal sequential memory tests. The nonverbal sequential memory showed worse results on dysphonic children. In this group, the performance was worse among the four to six years. Conclusion:The dysphonic children showed changes on the localization or temporal ordering skills, the skill of non-verbal temporal ordering differentiated the dysphonic group. In this group, the Sound Location improved with age. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2011;77(3):362-8. ORIGINAL ARTICLE BJORL

Purpose: The present study investigated the characteristics of phonological information processing as manifested in the writing of dictated syntagmas, capable of indicating possible correlations and the predictive impact between the analyzed orthography errors (coding of voiced and voiceless phonemes, undue segmentation and word junction) according to the school system. Methods: Eighty children from both genders, aged between 6 and 11 years, were selected from those regularly enrolled between the 2 nd and 5 th years of primary education, in both public and private schools in the

OBJETIVO: Caracterizar a fala de crianças disfônicas, quanto à ocorrência de ensurdecimentos de fonemas plosivos. MÉTODOS: Foram gravadas as repetições de frases de 50 crianças (idades entre quatro e oito anos), sendo 40 crianças disfônicas e dez, sem alterações vocais. Eram seis frases com os fonemas plosivos sonoros em sílaba tônica inicial, medial e final de palavras. Com as produções gravadas realizaram-se análise espectrográfica, pela identificação da barra de sonoridade e perceptivo-auditiva, por meio de uma banca de três fonoaudiólogas. RESULTADOS: O ensurdecimento ocorreu de forma assistemática na produção dos fonemas sonoros, foi mais identificado à análise espectrográfica e variou conforme o fonema e a posição deste na palavra. CONCLUSÕES: Houve ensurdecimentos assistemáticos na fala das crianças disfônicas e sem alterações vocais, com menor freqüência na posição tônica da sílaba medial.

Purpose Prepare a list of noun phrases able to characterize the writing performance of schoolchildren according to school year. Methods A list of 25 noun phrases intended for dictation was prepared and applied to 275 Elementary School students (2nd to 5thgrades). The unidimensionality underlying the proposed items was analyzed using Item Response Theory. Results The list enabled differentiation between the performance of schoolchildren attending the 2nd and 3rd years and that of students attending the 4 th and 5th years. Items on the list presented moderate difficulty level and medium discrimination capacity. Conclusion The model showed good fit and was able to differentiate the performance of 2nd to 3rd grade students from that of 4th to 5thgrade students. The list of noun phrases assessed writing in 4th to 5th grade students more accurately.