Auditory Training Effects on the Listening Skills of Children with Auditory Processing Disorder

Broad speech-based auditory training leads to improvement in functional hearing in children with APD. Loo, J. H. Y., Rosen, S., & Bamiou, D. E. (2016). Auditory training effects on the listening skills of children with auditory processing disorder. (1), 38-47. The authors examined, in a group of children with APD, whether a 12-week computer-based auditory training program with speech material improved the perception of speech-in-noise test performance, and functional listening skills as assessed by parental and teacher listening and communication questionnaires. ... Broad speech-based auditory training led to improved auditory processing skills as reflected in speech-in-noise test performance and in better functional listening in real life. The observed correlation between improved functional listening with improved speech-in-noise perception in the trained group suggests that improved listening was a direct generalization of the auditory training. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wk/aud/2016/00000037/00000001/art00009