The auditory processing battery: survey of common practices.
A survey of auditory processing (AP) diagnostic practices was mailed to all licensed audiologists in the State of Maryland and sent as an electronic mail attachment to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Educational Audiology Association Internet forums. Common AP protocols (25 from the Internet, 28 from audiologists in Maryland) included requiring basic audiologic testing, using questionnaires, and administering dichotic listening, monaural low-redundancy speech, temporal processing, and electrophysiologic tests. Some audiologists also administer binaural interaction, attention, memory, and speech-language/psychological/educational tests and incorporate a classroom observation. The various AP batteries presently administered appear to be based on the availability of AP tests with well-documented normative data. Resources for obtaining AP tests are listed.
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Diana C
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Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Towson University, Maryland 21252-0001, USA. demanuel@townson.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous / Q000502:physiology; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013998:Time Perception / Q000502:physiology