Auditory pathways and processes: Implications for neuropsychological assessment and diagnosis of children and adolescents

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 521-548

  Bailey, Teresa ^a  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

(Central) auditory processing; (Central) auditory processing disorder; Attention deficit disorder; Auditory pathways; Auditory processing; Auditory processing disorder; Auditory subcortical pathways; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 78249286540     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297041003783310     Document Type: Article

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