Central auditory processing disorders in children are introduced and defined. The article explains who should be evaluated and for what reasons. The evaluation process, test stimuli, and use of assessment findings are presented.

Hearing: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders of the Auditory System (3rd ed.) was written by Aage R. M ø ller, Ph.D. (D. Med. Sci.), a prolifi c book author and well-recognized auditory neuroscientist, and has well over 200 peer-reviewed papers in the areas of sensory neuroscience and plasticity. Although this book is the third edition, Dr. M ø ller indicates that its true predecessor is Auditor...

The prevalence of schizophrenia among hearing impaired is nearly equal to that of the general population [1]. Both bilateral and unilateral auditory hallucinations in hearing impaired are thought to predispose them to develop schizophrenia [2]. Auditory hallucinations in patients with normal hearing may inadequately respond to antipsychotic medication [3]. There is no report that hallucinations...

Central auditory processing assessment has been used as a diagnostic tool for almost 50 years. The dichotic listening paradigm was introduced by Broadbent (1954) and, following Kimura’s first studies (1963), a large volume of research has been produced. Processing of auditory information during childhood may be altered if any predisposing factor is present during the course of development. Neur...

PURPOSE To determine the most frequent errors of children with phonological disorders in an auditory discrimination test, and to correlate their performance with age, gender and severity of phonological disorder. METHODS The sample consisted of 82 children with phonological disorders, of both gender, with ages between 4 years and 7 years and 11 months. All subjects were submitted to the Phono...

A new outpatient technique, involving the recording of auditory-evoked responses from scalp electrodes, is described. Responses are obtained from the cochlea, cochlear nerve, and auditory brain stem nuclei. The effects of various disorders on these responses are illustrated and the procedure is assessed as a diagnostic technique.

This study aimed to investigate on the literature the utility of Auditory middle latency response in children focusing on the study of the auditory system on its normal and deviant processes. The integrative review of the scientific literature consisted in the search for studies using databases such as PubMed, Scopus, and Scielo. The descriptors used for the search were: “auditory middle latenc...

BACKGROUND Auditory processing disorders involve deficits in the processing of information in the auditory domain that are not due to higher order language, cognitive or other related factors. PURPOSE To evaluate the possibility of structural brain abnormalities in preterm children manifesting as auditory processing disorders. RESEARCH DESIGN A case report of a young girl, preterm at birth,...

The current study evaluated processes underlying two common symptoms (i.e., state regulation problems and deficits in auditory processing) associated with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders. Although these symptoms have been treated in the literature as unrelated, when informed by the Polyvagal Theory, these symptoms may be viewed as the predictable consequences of depressed neural regula...