WHAT IS CENTRAL AUDITORY PROCESSING EVALUATION?
Central auditory processing (CAP) refers to how we use information that we hear. Many people have GOOD HEARING but do not use information efficiently or quickly enough to meet the demands of classroom or everyday listening. The CAP evaluation goes beyond standard hearing testing to examine skills related to auditory attention, discrimination, analysis, synthesis, association, and organization. These tests minimize the influence of language, cognition and other sensory skills on understanding while maximizing the auditory systems capabilities from the ear to the brain. Tests include: puretone hearing test, word recognition in quiet, recognition of degraded/distorted speech, recognition of competing speech, listening with both ears, and recognition of tonal patterns. WHO SHOULD BE REFERRED FOR CAP EVALUATION? Patients age 4.5 years and older who display three or more of the following complaints are candidates for a CAP assessment. • difficulty understanding in noise or trouble hearing in
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