Effect of Mobile Devices Usage on Central Auditory Processing in Children

Abstract

here is a link between prolonged mobile phone use and serious health problems. World Health Organization’s scientific panel classified mobile phone radiation as ‘possibly carcinogenic’. Also excessive use of mobile phones is known to cause headache, deleterious effects on concentration and attention, memory loss and depression. Video game playing has become one of the main leisure activities for children and adolescents. Mobile phones represent one of the tools for video games. The effect of video games playing was variable in literature. As central auditory pathway is responsible for the processing the auditory information, examining central auditory processing abilities is considered as an integral part of the detection of difficulties listening in background noise, following oral instructions, and understanding rapid or degraded speech in the presence of normal peripheral hearing, etc. To the best of author knowledge, there is no study investigated effects of mobile devices usage and video games playing on central auditory processing in school-aged children. The aim of the work is to examine the central auditory processing abilities in school-aged children who use mobile phones and play video games.