The deficits of sensory information processing in children with learning disabilities

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

2 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Uremia University

3 M.A. in Psychology, university of Allameh Tabatabai

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Abstract

It appears that children with learning disabilities
receive and process information in different ways from
normal children due to having brain dysfunctions. To test
this hypothesis, the current study was conducted in order to
compare the pattern of sensory information processing
between children with learning disability and normal
children. The three groups with learning disability (15
persons with dyslexia/ dysgraphia, 15 persons with
dyscalculia, 15 persons with mixed disorder), who were
selected randomly from the student's of the learning
disability centers of Urumia educational office, and one 15
persons random group of normal students, participated in the
one cross-sectional study. Utilizing structured clinical
interview for confirmation or rejection of labeled diagnose,
the mothers of them were asked to respond to Short Sensory
Profile. The gathered data analyzed by one way ANOVA,
MANOVA and LSD post hog tests. Results showed that
there is significant difference between groups' means in
components of the tactile sensitivity, sensation seeking,
auditory filtering, visual/ auditory sensitivity and total score
of the sensory profile, but there are not any significant
difference between the groups in the components of smell/
taste sensitivity, energy level and movement sensitivity.
These results refer to the existence of deficits in the
processing of the tactile, visual, auditory information,
sensation seeking and ability to filter auditory information in
the children's with learning disability.

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