PURPOSE: To compare different error analysis criteria in words recognition tasks, in order to determine its potential for clinical utilization with hearing impaired children, particularly in the relations between speech perception and residual hearing. METHODS: Lists of words were presented to four hearing impaired children, with ages varying from six to eight years, who used hearing aids. The results were analyzed using different criteria, based on two different instruments: WASP: percentage of correct words, phonemes and total error pattern; Confusion Matrix: substitutions and omission of phonemes. RESULTS: The analysis including criteria of both instruments allowed for considerations on use of residual hearing and the influence of intervention on each child's performance. CONCLUSION: The combination of different criteria for error analysis allows greater knowledge about speech perception abilities of the subjects and, consequently, provides greater specificity in clinical techniques in aural rehabilitation.
Hearing loss; Auditory perception; Hearing aids
