Exploring the relation between the central auditory processing functions and language development among Arabic-speaking children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 7 Correlation of scores of the subsets of the Pediatric Speech Intelligibility “PSI” test (Arabic Version) with scores of the modified Preschool Language Scale–4 “PLS-4” (Arabic Version) and total score of the Egyptian Arabic Pragmatic Language Test “EAPLT” using the Spearman correlation coefficient test

The participating ADHD children (N = 30)
Subsets of the “PSI” test (Arabic Version)			Scores of the modified PLS-4 (Arabic Version)						The total score of the EAPLT
			Receptive language Score		Expressive language Score		Total language Score		The total score of the EAPLT
			r-	p value	r-	p value	r-	p value	r-	p value
ICM*	Right ear	+ 4	0.690**	0.000**	0.695**	0.000**	0.660**	0.000**	0.490**	0.006**
	Right ear	0	0.377*	0.040*	0.396*	0.030*	0.366*	0.046*	0.388*	0.034*
	Left ear	+ 4	0.670**	0.000**	0.621**	0.000**	0.643**	0.000**	0.384*	0.036*
	Left ear	0	0.411*	0.024*	0.364*	0.048*	0.362*	0.049*	0.477**	0.008**
CCM**	Right ear	0	0.421*	0.020*	0.407*	0.026*	0.440*	0.015*	0.285	0.126
	Right ear	− 20	0.491**	0.006**	0.521**	0.003**	0.555**	0.001**	0.394*	0.031*
	Left ear	0	0.324	0.081	0.335	0.071	0.310	0.096	0.080	0.673
	Left ear	− 20	0.419*	0.021*	0.432*	0.017*	0.433*	0.017*	0.322	0.083

PSI Pediatric Speech Intelligibility, *ICM ipsilateral competing message, **CCM contra-lateral competing message
Spearman correlation coefficient: *p value < 0.05 is significant, **p value < 0.01 is highly significant