Interpretations and Reports

What is the first thing you start with in an APD report?

Impression statement

Define impression statement

a brief summary of results

Name all the components that may be in an APD evaluation

Case history, hearing evaluation, pre-appointment questionnaires, auditory continuous performance test, SCAN-III, test of auditory memory skills (TAPS), dichotic digits, pitch pattern sequence, duration pattern sequence, masking level difference, and gaps in noise

Name the items included in the pre-appointment questionnaire battery

children’s auditory performance scale (CHAPS), Fisher’s auditory problem checklist, screening instrument for targeting educational risk (SIFTER), and NICHQ Vanderbilt assessment

What is the auditory continuous performance test?

an auditory attention test that evaluates an individual’s ability to listen to an auditory stimulus over a prolonged period of time and only respond to a specific stimulus

What is the ACPT typically used for?

to assess if someone exhibits symptoms of auditory attention deficits

Fill in the blank: the ACPT can aid in the diagnosis of ___________ or ___________ in those ages 6-11 years old

ADD ; ADHD

True or false: if a patient has ADD/ADHD it is important to have them take their medication prior to coming in for an evaluation

true!

What happens if the patient could not pass the ACPT?

they may not have sufficient attention to complete APD testing and audiologist would recommend returning at a later date once specific concerns are addressed

What tests are included in the SCAN-III

gap detection, time compressed sentences, filtered words, auditory figure ground, and competing words

Filtered words are good to use if there is what in a patient’s case history?

otitis media

Name the types of dichotic digit tests

single and double pairs

Define the CHAPS purpose

rates the student’s listening abilities in specific conditions compared to student’s their age

Define the Fisher’s purpose

evaluates areas of difficulties the student experience in comparison to other student’s their age

Define the SIFTERs purpose

assesses specific areas such as academics, attention, communication, and class participation

Define the NICHQ: Vanderbilt Assessment’s purpose

screens symptoms associated with attention disorders, hyperactive disorders, defiant disorders, and anxiety/depression

What does filtered words assess?

assesses auditory closure skills by evaluating the auditory perception of the distorted speech or speech that is compromised by a poor acoustic environment

What does auditory figure ground asses?

assesses auditory figure ground skills by presenting words and background noises simultaneously

What do time compressed sentences assess?

auditory processing speech

What do dichotic digits evaluate?

assesses binaural separation/integration and discrimination of competing low linguistic value auditory speech signals

What do dichotic digits single pairs evaluate?

the ability to binaurally separate and integrate competing auditory non-linguistically loading speech signals

What do dichotic digits double pairs evaluate?

binaural separation/integration skills of competing auditory non-linguistically loading speech signals in both ears

Define the purpose of the pitch pattern sequence test

evaluates one’s ability to perceive temporal patterns of varied pitch and subsequently repeat those sequences immediately following presentation

What does masking level difference asses?

binaural interaction skills

What does TAPS assess?

evaluated auditory memory in the form of numbers, words, and sentences

What does the GIN assess?

the ability for the patient to detect very fine difference in timing stimuli

Auditory figure ground test represents what?

functional auditory abilities in speech in the presence of background noise

Filtered word testing represents what?

functional auditory abilities in every day situations

What is the the least common result from the NICHQ?

defiant disorders

List some recommendations that may recommended based on results

annual hearing evaluation, environmental modification, continued modifications at school, referral to pediatrician for additional psychiatric testing, language processing evaluation, return to APD testing, and practice good listening hygiene

Fill in the blank: the TAPS number section tests in both the __________ and ____________ in number condition, as well as sentence memory

forward ; backward