title: A systematic review of electrophysiological outcomes following auditory training in school-age children with auditory processing deficits.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To systematically review the peer-reviewed literature on electrophysiological outcomes following auditory training (AT) in school-age children with (central) auditory processing disorder ([C]APD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Searches of 16 electronic databases yielded four studies involving school-aged children whose auditory processing deficits had been confirmed in a manner consistent with ASHA (2005) and AAA (2010) and compared to a treated and/or an untreated control group before and after AT. A further three studies were identified with one lacking a control group and two measuring auditory processing in a manner not consistent with ASHA (2005) and AAA (2010).
  
  
  RESULTS
  There is limited evidence that AT leads to measurable electrophysiological changes in children with auditory processing deficits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The evidence base is too small and weak to provide clear guidance on the use of electrophysiological outcomes as a measure of AT outcomes in children with auditory processing problems. The currently limited data can only be used to suggest that click-evoked AMLR and tone-burst evoked auditory P300 might be more likely to detect such outcomes in children diagnosed with (C)APD, and that speech-evoked ALLR might be more likely to detect phonological processing changes in children without a specific diagnosis of (C)APD.
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia.
authors.forename: Wayne J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Arnott
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Henning
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D001299:Audiometry; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016896:Treatment Outcome