BACKGROUND: Psychoacoustics is a fascinating developing field concerned with the evaluation of the hearing sensation as an outcome of a sound or speech stimulus. Neuroaudiology with electrophysiologic testing, records the electrical activity of the auditory pathways, extending from the 8th cranial nerve up to the cortical auditory centers as a result of external auditory stimuli. Central Audito...

A uditory processing disorder (often called CAPD) is not a new entity. For decades, there has been an awareness among members of our own profession and others that individuals exist who, despite normal peripheral hearing sensitivity, exhibit auditory difficulties, especially in challenging listening environments . In 1954, Helmer Myklebust, in his book Auditory Disorders in Children, discussed ...

background and aim: spatial hearing is one of the most important functions of binaural hearing processing that is based on detection of fine interaural time and interaural intensity difference. spatial hearing is beyond auditory localization and lateralization. it helps auditory scene analysis and target stream segregation from other simultaneous sound sources. this function is important in spe...

UNLABELLED Auditory processing and phonemic discrimination are essential for communication. TYPE OF STUDY Retrospective. AIM To evaluate auditory processing and phonemic discrimination in children with normal and disordered phonological development. MATERIAL AND METHODS An evaluation of 46 children was carried out: 22 had phonological disorders and 24 had normally developing speech. Dioti...

UNLABELLED It is thought that a close relationship exists between auditory processing, the acoustic reflex and speech. AIM A retrospective study to evaluate these three aspects in children with and without phonological disorders and seek any relationship among them. MATERIAL METHODS 46 children were enrolled: 24 had normal speech abilities and 22 had phonological disorders. All children und...