Factors influencing tests of auditory processing: A perspective on current issues and relevant concerns

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 572-589

  Cacace, Anthony T ^a   McFarland, Dennis J ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive forced choice psychophysical methods; Auditory processing disorder; Dissociation; Double dissociation; Forced choice psychophysical methods; Modality specificity; Pesponse selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE PSYCHOPHYSICAL METHOD; AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOPHYSICAL METHOD; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVIEW;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884746414     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.24.7.6     Document Type: Review

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