Auditory processing disorders: Can they be treated?

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-143

  McArthur, Genevieve M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory processing disorder; Auditory training; Autism; Specific language impairment; Specific reading disability

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; CHILD; COST CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MUSIC THERAPY; PRODUCTIVITY; READING; REVIEW; SPEECH; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING; ARTICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SPEECH THERAPY; TEACHING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; SPEECH THERAPY; TEACHING;

EID: 68849094722     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328326f6b1     Document Type: Review

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