Background: Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) does not feature in mainstream diagnostic
classifications such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition …

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is diagnosed when a patient presents with listening
difficulties which can not be explained by a peripheral hearing impairment or higher-order …

Children with listening difficulties, but normal audiometry, may be diagnosed with APD. The
diagnosis is typically based on poor performance on tests of perception of both non-speech …

Objective The aim was to address the controversy that exists over the extent to which
auditory processing disorder (APD) is a separate diagnostic category with a distinctive …

Purpose The purpose of this review article is to describe characteristics of auditory
processing disorders (APD) by evaluating the literature in which children with suspected or …

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a label that has become increasingly popular in
recent years to describe a variable set of symptoms that have in common a difficulty listening …

OBJECTIVE: Auditory processing disorder (APD) is typically characterised by difficulties in
'listening', particularly to speech in a noisy environment, despite normal peripheral function …

Purpose Unanswered questions regarding the nature of auditory processing disorders
(APDs), how best to identify at-risk students, how best to diagnose and differentiate APDs …

Objectives: To identify the factors that may underlie the deficits in children with listening
difficulties, despite normal pure-tone audiograms. These children may have auditory …

Currently, there are two major hypotheses concerning the nature of developmental APD.
One is conventional, that APD results from impaired 'bottom-up'processing of sounds …