[Answers and latencies dichotic digit test normoacoustic majoring in hearing]. / Patrón de repuestas y latencias ern test de dígitos dicóticos en normoacústicos con especialización auditiva.

Neurocognitive assessment by dichotic digit test provides selective stimulation of auditory pathway with contralateral suppression of the ipsilateral showing interhemispheric differences in concurrent tasks. In order to recognize the pattern of responses, recovery order of digits and latencies heard the original test was modified with the addition of a record of an audio track of the responses. The sample includes subjects with a history in hearing specialization linked to the music and listen to comprehensive second language, normoacoustic without otologic diseases or neurological. Sets 20 pairs of dichotic digits with a digital recording for recording the subject's responses was used. The results reveal: right ear advantage in the pattern of correct answers and the order in which the information provided is retrieved. As for the pattern of intrasets latencies an increase to the fourth repeated / digit recovered and more blunder is observed. Declining intratest latencies in the second part of the test suggest positive training. These modifications allow new prospects and existing applications with behavioral tests.

[Psychosocial risk of fossilization by occupationally-used non-native Englishin information and communication technologists of Argentina]. / El riesgo psicosocial de fosilización en el uso laboral del ingles no nativo en tecnólogos de informática y tecnología de Argentina.

AIMS: Companies use non-native language (L2) as a service tool, and they may incur in occupational psychosocial risks. Interlanguage can be chronic under poor communicative situations, leading to fossilization. It could be an adverse effect because of its impact in productivity and occupational health. Thus, our aim was to establish factors of this psychosocial risk. METHODS: 348 information and communication technologists (ICT) were analyzed. They were native Spanish speakers with normal hearing, and used English as a work tool. Age, gender, L2 stages and errors were recorded in relation to fossilization risk. Statistical methods were applied for categorical data (p<0.05). RESULTS: After gender and age adjustments, a significant inverse association was found between L2 stages and fossilization risk (p<0.0001), with higher risk being in the acquisition stage. Also, L2 errors showed a significant direct relation with fossilization risk (p=0.0005). CONCLUSIONS: Summing up, ICT in acquisition L2 had upper psychosocial risk to fossilization with mechanistic execution of it, under poorer communicative formats. This results have high sanitary impact given they involved a massively demanded professionals.