This article reviews and synthesizes recent research regarding auditory processing, attention, and their roles in generating both adaptive and maladaptive behavioral responses. Research in these areas is beginning to converge on the role of polymorphisms associated with catecholamine metabolism and transport, particularly the neurotransmitter dopamine. The synthesis offered in this article appe...

Children's ability to process, store and retrieve auditory ‎information is the foundation of their literacy, numeracy, ‎academic achievement. This progression hampered by Central ‎Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), which causes non-‎specific symptoms. A teacher's role critical in ‎multidisciplinary efforts observe, recognize, refer, manage, ‎and intervene on child's learning as part ‎CAPD. st...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether neurophysiologic responses (auditory evoked potentials) differ between typically developed children and children with phonological disorders and whether these responses are modified in children with phonological disorders after speech therapy. METHODS The participants included 24 typically developing children (Control Group, mean age: eight years and...

Auditory processing disorders contribute to communication difficulties in children with language-based learning impairments and in older adults who have trouble hearing in background noise. Therefore, deficits in auditory processing are widespread among these diverse populations. For this reason, it behooves both scientific and clinical communities to consider optimum techniques for assessing a...

OBJECTIVE This study assessed the efficacy and tolerability of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment of auditory hallucination of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. DATA SOURCES Online literature retrieval was conducted using PubMed, ISI Web of Science, EMBASE, Medline and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases from January 1985 to May 2012....