Outline of the Session:

5 minutes: Introduction by KSHA

30 minutes: Introduction of key concepts and problematic aspects of CAPD

25 minutes: Group Discussion, Q&A

Course Description:

During this presentation, we will briefly cover what central auditory processing (CAP) is and what it is not. We will discuss the skills and abilities a child needs to have to be an appropriate candidate for CAP testing. We will be talking about the roles that audiologists and speech-language pathologists have for assessing CAP within their scopes of practice, and we will be asking audience members for their thoughts and contributions on this often-controversial topic within our professions with the hope of (1) decreasing over-referral, (2) decreasing over-diagnosis, and (3) lifting back the curtain of uncertainty surrounding this diagnosis.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, the learner will be able to:

1. Describe auditory processing and the deficits in the neural processing of information that lead to a central auditory processing disorder diagnosis.

2. Identify and label characteristics a child with a central auditory processing disorder might exhibit.

3. Summarize comorbid characteristics of cognition, language, and hearing so that proper referrals for central auditory processing testing are made.

Presenters:

Cynthia M. Richburg, PhD, CCC-A
Financial Disclosures: Employee of Wichita State University
Non-Financial Disclosures: Past KSHA VP for Audiology/Member of KSHA

Katharine Fitzharris, AuD, MS, PhD, CCC-A
Financial Disclosures: Employee of Wichita State University
Non-Financial Disclosures: Member of KSHA