Referral and Diagnosis of Developmental Auditory Processing Disorder in a Large, United States Hospital-Based Audiology Service.
Background: Children referred to audiology services with otherwise unexplained academic, listening, attention, language, or other difficulties are often found to be audiometrically normal. Some of these children receive further evaluation for auditory processing disorder (APD), a controversial const...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the American Academy of Audiology Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 364 - 378 |
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Thieme Medical Publishing Inc.
May2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=133484003&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 133484003 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10500545 9OC jtl: Journal of the American Academy of Audiology issn: 10500545 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: May2018 vid: 29 iid: 5 pid: 2811 pub: Thieme Medical Publishing Inc. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 133484003 133484003 133484003 10.3766/jaaa.16130 133484003 ppf: 364 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Referral and Diagnosis of Developmental Auditory Processing Disorder in a Large, United States Hospital-Based Audiology Service. aug: au: Moore, David R. Sieswerda, Stephanie L. Grainger, Maureen M. Bowling, Alexandra Smith, Nicholette Perdew, Audrey Eichertt, Susan Alston, Sandra Hilbert, Lisa W. Summers, Lynn Lint, Li Hunter, Lisa L. affil: Communication Sciences Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH sug: subj: Auditory Perceptual Disorders Diagnosis Auditory Perceptual Disorders Evaluation Hospitals, Pediatric Ohio Electronic Health Records Human Ohio Audiology Descriptive Research Cross Sectional Studies Child, Preschool Child Adolescence Young Adult Audiologists Dominance, Cerebral Male Female Dichotic Listening Tests Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software One-Way Analysis of Variance Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Kruskal-Wallis Test Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test Logistic Regression Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Odds Ratio Chi Square Test Post Hoc Analysis Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Background: Children referred to audiology services with otherwise unexplained academic, listening, attention, language, or other difficulties are often found to be audiometrically normal. Some of these children receive further evaluation for auditory processing disorder (APD), a controversial construct that assumes neural processing problems within the central auditory nervous system. This study focuses on the evaluation of APD and how it relates to diagnosis in one large pediatric audiology facility. Purpose: To analyze electronic records of children receiving a central auditory processing evaluation (CAPE) at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, with a broad goal of understanding current practice in APD diagnosis and the test information which impacts that practice. Research Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional analysis of APD test outcomes in relation to final audiologist diagnosis for 1,113 children aged 5-19 yr receiving a CAPE between 2009 and 2014. Results: Children had a generally high level of performance on the tests used, resulting in marked ceiling effects on about half the tests. Audiologists developed the diagnostic category "Weakness" because of the large number of referred children who clearly had problems, but who did not fulfill the AAA/ASHA criteria for diagnosis of a "Disorder." A "right-ear advantage" was found in all tests for which each ear was tested, irrespective of whether the tests were delivered monaurally or dichotically. However, neither the side nor size of the ear advantage predicted the ultimate diagnosis well. Cooccurrence of CAPE with other learning problems was nearly universal, but neither the number nor the pattern of cooccurring problems was a predictor of APD diagnosis. The diagnostic patterns of individual audiologists were quite consistent. The number of annual assessments decreased dramatically during the study period. Conclusions: A simple diagnosis of APD based on current guidelines is neither realistic, given the current tests used, nor appropriate, as judged by the audiologists providing the service. Methods used to test for APD must recognize that any form of hearing assessment probes both sensory and cognitive processing. Testing must embrace modern methods, including digital test delivery, adaptive testing, referral to normative data, appropriate testing for young children, validated screening questionnaires, and relevant objective (physiological) methods, as appropriate. Audiologists need to collaborate with other specialists to understand more fully the behaviors displayed by children presenting with listening difficulties. To achieve progress, it is essential for clinicians and researchers to work together. As new understanding and methods become available, it will be necessary to sort out together what works and what doesn't work in the clinic, both from a theoretical and a practical perspective. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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