title: Auditory processing measures: correlation with neuropsychological measures of attention, memory, and behavior.
abstract: It has been suggested that measures of auditory processing (AP) are sensitive measures of attention resulting in the high comorbidity of auditory processing disorder (APD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Others have found that selected AP measures share significant variance with memory tasks. The current study investigated the relation between AP measures and various neuropsychological measures presumed to measure attention and memory in 36 children with a mean age of 7.78 years (SD=1.61) referred to an outpatient facility. Results indicate that AP measures significantly correlated with each other as well as with some measures of attention, memory, and behavior ratings. Results suggest that although AP measures include elements of both attention and memory, these measures also appear to assess processes not tapped by other measures of attention and memory. The correlation of AP measures with parent-and teacher-rated withdrawal, parent-rated somatization, conduct, and depression, as well as teacher-rated attention, anxiety, learning problems, social skills, and leadership suggest that auditory processing problems may manifest in myriad behaviors across settings. Implications for practice and future research are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4225, USA. criccio@tamu.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Riccio
authors.forename: Morris J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Garrison
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013067:Speech Perception