An opinion on the assessment of people who may have an auditory processing disorder

Dillon, Harvey, Cameron, Sharon, Glyde, Helen, Wilson, Wayne and Tomlin, Dani (2012) An opinion on the assessment of people who may have an auditory processing disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 23 2: 97-105.


Author Dillon, Harvey
Cameron, Sharon
Glyde, Helen
Wilson, Wayne
Tomlin, Dani
Title An opinion on the assessment of people who may have an auditory processing disorder
Journal name Journal of the American Academy of Audiology  (ERA 2012 Listed)    (ERA 2010 Rank C)   Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date 2012-02
Sub-type Article
Year available 2012
DOI 10.3766/jaaa.23.2.4
Volume number 23
Issue number 2
ISSN 1050-0545; 2157-3107
Start page 97
End page 105
Total pages 9
Place of publication Reston, VA, United States
Publisher American Academy of Audiology
Collection year 2013
Language eng
Abstract We need to rethink how we assess auditory processing disorder (APD). The current use of test batteries, while necessary and well accepted, is at risk of failing as the size of these batteries increases. To counter the statistical, fatigue, and clinical efficiency problems of large test batteries, we propose a hierarchical approach to APD assessment. This begins with an overall test of listening difficulty in which performance is measurably affected for anyone with an impaired ability to understand speech in difficult listening conditions. It proceeds with a master test battery containing a small number of single tests, each of which assesses a different group of skills necessary for understanding speech in difficult listening conditions. It ends with a detailed test battery, where the individual tests administered from this battery are only those that differentiate the skills assessed by the failed test(s) from the master test battery, so that the specific form of APD can be diagnosed. An example of how hierarchical interpretation of test results could be performed is illustrated using the Listening in Spatialized Noise—Sentences test (LiSN-S). Although consideration of what abilities fall within the realm of auditory processing should remain an important issue for research, we argue that patients will be best served by focusing on whether they have difficulty understanding speech, identifying the specific characteristics of this difficulty, and specifically remediating and/or managing those characteristics.
Keyword Auditory processing disorder
Diagnostic techniques
Spatial processing
Q-Index Code C1
Q-Index Status Confirmed Code
Institutional Status UQ

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