Who we are:
The APD SIG, was established in 2003 and is the first BSA SIG. Our steering group represents a broad range of professional disciplines and includes leading researchers and clinicians from a wide range of professional backgrounds.
We foster strong links with the community and individuals with APD as well as their families. We invite both professionals and members of the public to serve as advisors to our SIG.
Our Aims
- Promote a high standard of research and evidence-based care and encourage international and multidisciplinary collaboration
- Build knowledge and empower professionals, funders and all stakeholders to improve the lives of adults and children with APD
Steering Group Members
Steering Group
Prof Nicci Campbell (Chair): Professorial Fellow, University of Southampton
Prof Stuart Rosen (Vice Chair): Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University College London
Pauline Grant (Immediate Past Chair) ToD, Lead Educational Consultant at Listen to Learn.
Dr Ansar Ahmmed: Consultant Paediatric Audiovestibular Physician at the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Nehzat Koohi: NIHR Clinical Lecturer, University College London
Stuart Whyte: Rehabilitationist Teacher of the Deaf at the University of Southampton
Dr Christina Murphy: Head of THE APD CLINIC and Specialist Paediatric Audiologist at the Central and North West London NHS
Dr Chrysa Spyridakou: Consultant audiovestibular physician, University College London Hospital
Dr Hannah Stewart: Lecturer in Developmental Psychology, Lancaster University
Silvia Bonaventura: Paediatric Audiologist for Barts Health NHS Trust
Rachel Crum (Early career professional representative): Audiologist, University College London
Rebecca Johnson (Early career professional representative): Clinical Scientist / Specialist Audiologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Emily McCabe, Hearing Health Policy Officer, National Community Hearing Association
Melina Matthiessen, Senior Audiologist, University Hospitals Sussex
Reference Members and Advisors
Prof Doris Bamiou
Prof Harvey Dillon
Prof David R. Moore
Dr Tony Sirimanna
Alyson Mountjoy (Advisor, Chair APD Support UK)
Current projects
Our SIG, the first of the BSA SIGs, has excelled and shaped international thinking. We have published several BSA peer-reviewed practice guidance documents, and the first-ever ‘APD White Paper’ (2013), with an international set of commentaries from leading experts around the world, published in the International Journal of Audiology.
We regularly add new presentations to the BSA Online Learning platform. Recent examples include:
- APD: Overview, assessment and management
- Another kind of noise
- Option of co-morbidities for APD reference standard
- APD: Auditory training for children and adults (in press)
We are currently working on our new BSA APD practice guidance document, a joint SIG guidance document on assistive listening devices for adults and a new white paper with international partners which will be published in 2024.
Resources
Other resources
(Disclaimer: Although care has been taken in preparing this information, the BSA does not necessarily endorse and cannot guarantee the interpretation and application of it. The BSA cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions, and accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage howsoever arising)
APD: Neural basis of central auditory processing (also available on the BSA Online Learning platform) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuHXJU_qCQw
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/central-auditory-processing-disorder/
Audiology Australia Professional Practice Standards Part B Clinical Standards (p.90) https://audiology.asn.au/Tenant/C0000013/Position%20Papers/Member%20Resources/Clinical%20Standards%20partb%20-%20whole%20document%20July13%201.pdf
A European perspective https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2017.00622/full
APD Support UK https://apdsupportuk.yolasite.com/
APD Meshguide https://www.meshguides.org/guides/node/1432?n=1398
Canadian Guidelines on Auditory Processing Disorder in Children and Adults: Assessment and Intervention
https://www.ooaq.qc.ca/media/qf4ar4jk/canadian_guidelines_en.pdf
New Zealand Guidelines on Auditory Processing Disorder
https://audiology.org.nz/assets/Uploads/APD/NZ-APD-GUIDELINES-2019.pdf
NHS online
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/auditory-processing-disorder/
World Health Organisation (p.37)
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240021570
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