![]() ![]() Significant cognitive or language delays related to mental retardation, AD/HD, and/or Autism (Bellis 2002).A child must be at least seven years old before a behavioral central auditory evaluation can be completed.Factors that may help to determine if an APD assessment is necessary:.Initially, an Audiologist should rule out hearing loss as a primary cause of the symptoms exhibited.APD can be formally diagnosed only by an Audiologist.Diagnosis is also very difficult due to the fact that no two individuals will exhibit the same symptoms or behaviors.may spell words phonetically, spell inconsistently, have reading problems, confuse similar sounding words (ASHA 2005).problems are related to difficulties with phonics.ability to perceive information in which some of the information is missing (“it is raining and I _ my umbrella”).ability to blend individual speech sounds together into a meaningful word (c-a-t cat).refers to weak short –term memory when information is presented audibly in the presence of distractible sounds.refers to the ability to perceive the main message when other sounds are present (understanding a conversation in a movie theater) (ASHA 2005).the ability to perceive sounds as separate when they quickly follow one another.the ability to integrate a sequence of sounds into words. ![]()
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