Current Research Projects
Title:
CAPD Service Trial
Researchers:
Sharon Cameron, Harvey Dillon, Helen Glyde
Background information
The National Acoustic Laboratories and Australian Hearing will soon be trialling the diagnosis and treatment of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) using the Listening in Spatialized Noise – Sentences test (LiSN-S) and LiSN & Learn auditory training software in selected hearing centres around Australia.
The LiSN-S test is a breakthrough in the acoustic assessment of children because it allows a clinician to measure how well a child uses the spatial information in sound to understand speech in noise. An inability to use this information has been found to be a leading cause of central auditory processing disorder.
Our program is currently designed for children aged 6 to 11 years who do not have a hearing loss and:
- are suspected to have CAPD
- are having difficulty understanding speech in noisy situations, such as in the classroom.
If a child is diagnosed as having CAPD, his or her parents may choose to undertake management or remediation options.
Our auditory remediation activities aim to strengthen weak or deficient auditory abilities and we offer the LiSN & Learn auditory training software for children who perform outside normal limits on the LiSN-S test. LiSN & Learn is designed to train children who experience listening difficulties in the classroom to attend to target speech and suppress background noise. It is recommended that children train with the software for 15 to 20 minutes per day, five days per week, for twelve weeks.
Further information on the trial will be provided on this website shortly.
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