Hi I’ve posted before that my daughter has been diagnosed with a reading disablilty but after some research and talking to her audiologist she also thinks that she should be tested I was just wondering if anyone could tell more about this from a personal experience etc. I’d really appreciate it! I have a phone call into to a local university that has a hearing center but they are on spring break and the next closest place is 60 miles and I’ve been told there is a waiting list so they are next on my call list. {Childrens Hos.}
Thanks for all and any info!!!!!!!!!!
Re: I think my daughter my have CAPD any info would be great
My son was dx. with CAPD last year. We saw an audiologist recommended by our pediatrician who also specialized in CAP evaluations. Check with your local hospital to endure that you don’t have anyone closer who can do this evaluation.
They first did a complete audiogram on my son and then the CAP eval. after that. This is what my son’s eval consisted of:
They are testing for several different things.
The SCAN (screening test for auditory processing disorder) has three subtests:
>>Filtered Word —this test consists of monosyllabic words that are filtered in such a way that some of the acoustic spectrum is absent, requireing the child to fill in the missing information in order to comprehend the whole world. The child hears a simple word that sounds slightly distorted or muffled. This is an auditory closure task.
>>Auditory Figure Ground—This test requires the child to repeat simple words, while at teh same time ignoring competing background noise. The signal-to-noise ratio for this test is +8dB, which means that the background noise is 8 decibles softer than the stimulus. Poor performance on this test would be reflective in problems understanding speech in noisy enviroments.
>>Competeing Words—This is a dichotic listening task assessing the understanding of two competing speech signals. The child is instructed to repeat back two words that are preesnted simultaneously to the right and left earts.
The SSW (staggered spondaic word test)—This dichotic listening task where different words are presented to each ear in a competing and non competeing fashion. The child is instructed to repeat back four words, two of which are overlapping to the right and left ears. Poor performance on this test can indicate delayed audiotory maturation or a disorder of the central audiotory nervous system.
The PPST (pitch pattern sequence test)—During thist test the child listens to a sequence of high and low pitched tones. They are instructed to label the tones according to their pitch using the terms “hight” and “low”. The test provides information regarding temporal sequencing and linguistic labeling.
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Here is a wonderful website to get you started: www.listen-up.org/capd.html
Re: I think my daughter my have CAPD any info would be great
My daughter, who is 18, was tested for CAPD two weeks ago. We’ve known since age 8 that she had LD and a “communication disorder”. The CAPD eval was so helpful because now we have very specific info on where her problems are. Mechanically, everything works fine in her ear, but she has SIGNIFICANT decreases in perception from her left ear (brain pathways for hearing perception). This means that if she hears words or sounds in her left ear, they are perceived as garbled words or sounds. For her, one of the main accommodations is that she must listen from her right ear, and she must be seated in a classroom at the front center or left front (so she uses her right ear to hear). Or if she is getting one-on-one tutoring, she must be seated left of the person if side-by-side, or directly across from that person. There are assistive listening devices to help and also ear filters (a specific kind fitted to the specific child) that are available depending on the problems that are found. In our evaluation, the testing , results, and consultation were done in one afternoon (several hours). I wish we could have had this done years ago!!
http://pages.cthome.net/cbristol/ has a lot of information about CAPD. Reading some of the articles there would help orient you. Make sure the audiologist your daughter sees specializes in CAPD in children (seems like you are already doing this).
My understanding of the eval is that the audiologist starts out by doing baseline tests in several different areas. If all of these tests are within the normal range, that is the end of the eval. If a test result in an area is unusual, then the audiologist does additional testing in that area. This process continues until the specific problems are identified.
My neighbor took her son in for this testing, and the first appointment took 4 hours! They had to come back for an hour or so of additional testing, and then the conference. It took that much time because her son has multiple problems, some quite severe. Children can vary dramatically in the number and type of auditory problems they have, and in severity, so my neighbor’s experience could be quite different from yours.
Mary
http://pages.cthome.net/cbristol/