title: The correlation between central auditory processing in autistic children and their language processing abilities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the auditory profile at different levels of the auditory system in children with ASD and to verify the role of (Central) auditory processing disorder as an essential pathology of the autistic disorder or as an associated co-morbidity, and to establish the correlation between CAP findings and the language delay in these cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 30 children with definite autistic disorder according to DSM-IV-TR criteria and ADI-R among those attending the outpatient neuropsychiatry clinic of Alexandria University Children Hospital at El Shatby. An informed consent was taken from all patients in this part of the study. Confidentiality of the records was maintained.
  
  
  METHODS
  All cases were subjected to complete history taking and examination; special assessment to language skills and evoked potentials were done.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results concluded that (central) auditory processing disorder is an essential pathology of the autistic disorder. Autistic children possess a dysfunctioning or an immature central auditory nervous system at both the brainstem and cortical levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hanan Galal
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Azouz
authors.affiliation: Audiology Unit, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hesham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kozou
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.affiliation: Phoniatrics Unit, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt. Electronic address: rania_abdou@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Rania M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Abdou
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakr
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male
keywords: Autism; Central auditory processing disorder; Language