Sensitivity and specificity of Keith's Auditory Continuous Performance Test.

The Auditory Continuous Performance Test (ACPT) was evaluated on one group of subjects who had been diagnosed as having attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and another group for whom ADHD had been ruled out. Although the specificity of the ACPT was acceptably high for a screening test, t...

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Publicado en:Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 180 - 186
Autores principales: Oyler RF, Rosenhagen KM, Michal ML
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Jul98
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Sumario:The Auditory Continuous Performance Test (ACPT) was evaluated on one group of subjects who had been diagnosed as having attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and another group for whom ADHD had been ruled out. Although the specificity of the ACPT was acceptably high for a screening test, the sensitivity was very low. The conclusions drawn from these results are limited because of small sample size (n = 23). However, until reports based on large study samples are forthcoming, the use of the ACPT as a screening test for ADHD appears questionable.