Auditory Processing Disorders : Assessment, Management, and Treatment

For students, instructors, and clinicians in audiology and speech-language pathology this textbook provides current practices and assessments of auditory processing disorders. It goes over rehabilitation, evidence-based treatments, management strategies, and the use of technology.

With 8 new chapters and many other updates, Auditory Processing Disorders: Assessment, Management, and Treatment, Fourth Edition details the definition, behaviors, and comorbidities of auditory processing disorders (APD) while educating the reader on the most current global practices for assessment of APD, including its impact on literacy and language processing. Practical rehabilitation, management strategies, and direct evidence-based treatment programs, including the use of technology, are covered in detail. The text is a highly practical book designed specifically for practicing clinicians, instructors, and students, in both both audiology and speech-language pathology. It contains a comprehensive review of APD and is also an excellent resource for parents, teachers, and other professionals wishing to learn more about APD for themselves, their child, and their practice. New to the Fourth Edition:New chapters on:the effects of COVID-19, RSV, PANDAS, autoimmune disorders and other medical issues on APDevaluating auditory processing disorders through telepracticethe collaboration of the audiologist and speech-language pathologist inevaluating auditory processing skills and other listening problemstreatment interventions for deficit specific processing disorders and other auditory skillsdifferentiation between auditory processing and listening disordersUpdated chapter on auditory neuropathyUpdated chapter on current neuroscience on the relationship between auditory processing and literacyDescription of new digital module technology for sound enhancementUpdated APPS for interventions for auditory processing disordersKey Features:Contributions from the field's most recognized experts, such as James W. Hall, III, Deborah Moncrief, Larry Medwetsky, John Wicker, Angela Alexander and Matt BarkerCase Studies illustrating the pansensory nature of an auditory processing disorder and the importance of multidisciplinary collaborationIncludes an integrative model for understanding auditory processing disorder utilizing research from cognitive neuroscience, neurophysiology, neurobiology, mathematics and neuroanatomyA model of speech understanding to differentiate auditory processing disorders from non-auditory deficits and listening problemsPluralPlus Online Ancillary MaterialsFor instructors: Image BankFor students and clinicians: Downloadable resources from the text