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Auditory Pathways and Processes: Implications for Neuropsychological Assessment and Diagnosis of Children and Adolescents
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Study at a glance
- Area
- Learning & Development
- Study type
- Review & meta-analysis
- Authors
- Bailey T
- Journal
- Child Neuropsychology
- Year
- 2010
- Population
- Children, Adolescents
- Protocol
- narrative review
Key findings
- Much auditory processing research has taken place outside clinical neuropsychology
- Disrupted auditory pathways in youth are linked to a documented range of developmental and learning impairments
- Auditory processing disorders often co-occur with ADHD and language-based disorders
- Assessment and differential diagnosis of these overlapping conditions remain difficult
A review introducing clinical neuropsychologists to the past decade of neuroscience research on auditory processing. It describes auditory pathways in the cortex and deeper brain structures, and relates this work to the developmental and learning problems in children and adolescents that often lead to neuropsychological referral. The review also covers how auditory processing disorders overlap with ADHD and language-based disorders, and the challenge of assessing and telling these conditions apart.