Auditory processing disorder (APD): Definition, diagnosis, neural basis, and intervention

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-11

  Moore, David R ^a  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory training; Childhood deafness; Cognitive networks; Language impairment; Learning problems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BRAIN REGION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCHLEA; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EFFERENT NERVE; FOREBRAIN; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUND; SPEECH THERAPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645769533     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860600568573     Document Type: Review

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