- Auditory Perception and Prevention of Hearing Disorders in Children

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35765/eetp.2026.2181.06
Keywords: auditory perception, auditory functions, speech therapy prevention, hearing disorders, children

Abstract

The aim of this article is to explain what auditory perception is and to emphasise its importance in the prevention of hearing disorders in pre-school and early school-age children. Based on a review of the scientific literature, the structure and functioning of the hearing organ were discussed and the concept of auditory perception – understood as a complex process involving the detection, analysis and interpretation of sound signals – was defined. The importance of speech perception in the process of hearing and the development of auditory functions in human ontogenesis was emphasised. The symptoms of peripheral and central hearing disorders were also characterised. The state of auditory perception is crucial for child development, including the development of language communication. As a result, it largely determines the course of the educational process and the functioning of the child as a student. The theoretical perspective outlined above highlights the role of hearing disorder prevention and provides recommendations in this area. The need to shape appropriate pro-health behaviours in pupils, educate teaching staff and implement preventive speech therapy measures (primary, secondary and tertiary prevention) was emphasised. The study has an educational dimension, but also a practical one, and is addressed to teachers, speech therapists and special educators.

Author Biographies

Dorota Lipiec, The Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, Poland

DOROTA LIPIEC (dlipiec@aps.edu.pl), PhD in Pedagogy, Special Education Specialist, Speech Therapist, Neurological Speech Therapist, Glottodidactician. Employed as an assistant professor at the Department of Speech Therapy and Educational Linguistics at the Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw and as a teacher-speech therapist in a public kindergarten in Warsaw. Main scientific interests: articulation - norm and pathology (dyslalia of various etiologies); speech therapy prevention; communication of people after total laryngectomy. Author or co-author of research and scientific publications, including Understanding a child at risk of dyslexia. Difficulties in learning to read and write (2022), Oral phase of swallowing in preschool children - speech therapy perspective (2021), Speech therapy procedures for assessing the oral phase of swallowing (2024).

Agnieszka Jedlińska, The Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, Poland

Agnieszka Jedlińska (ajedlinska@aps.edu.pl), PhD in pedagogy, special educator, speech therapist and hearing aid specialist. Employed as an assistant professor at the Department of Speech Therapy and Educational Linguistics at the Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Pedagogy in Warsaw and as a special educator in a public school in Warsaw. Main research interests: deaf speech therapy, speech therapy prevention, and developmental dyslexia. Author or co-author of research and scientific publications, including "The Power of Conversation: About the Hearing of Seniors in the Age of Digitalization" (2021), "Understanding a Child at Risk of Dyslexia: Difficulties in Learning to Read and Write" (2022), "The Child's Environment and the Conditions of Speech Development and Disorders" (2024).

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Published
2026-06-30
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Lipiec, D., & Jedlińska, A. (2026). - Auditory Perception and Prevention of Hearing Disorders in Children. Elementary Education in Theory and Practice, 21(2(81), 83-95. https://doi.org/10.35765/eetp.2026.2181.06
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