The British Society of Audiology

APD

Welcome to the Auditory Processing Disorder Special

Interest Group (APD) Web-page

 

The BSA APD Interest Group was established in October 2003 at an inaugural meeting with subsequent selection of a Steering Committee

 

 

Working Definition of APD :

 

APD Results from impaired neural function and is characterised by poor recognition, discrimination, separation, grouping, localisation or ordering of non-speech sounds.

It does not solely result from a deficit in general attention, language or other cognitive processes.

 

 

Aims of the Steering Committee

 

1. To define guidelines re: setting up / providing a service

2. To identify Research Needs

3. To provide a forum that will bring clinicians and researchers together to fulfil the above aims

 


Steering Committee Members

 

Dr Doris-Eva Bamiou      (Chair)
Dr David Canning          (Vice Chair)
Dr Sally Hind                (Past Chair)
Dr Roshini Alles
Dr Mazal Cohen
Pauline Grant
Professor Linda Luxon
Professor David Moore
Professor Stuart Rosen
Dr Tony Sirimanna
Dr Dilys Treharne
Mr Kelvin Wakeham

 

 

Documents

 

Interim Position Statement on APD CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW (Produced by the BSA APD Steering Committee)

 

Auditory Processing Disorder (Produced by the MRC Institute of Hearing Research in collaboration with the BSA APD Steering Committee)

 

 

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