

Terms used to describe a processing disorder may vary based on the perspective of the professional describing the problem. Auditory performance with competing or degraded acoustic signals (including dichotic listening ASHA, 2005)Ĭentral Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD).temporal resolution (e.g., temporal gap detection).Temporal aspects of audition, including.These mechanisms underlie the following skills: Medwetsky (2011) provides in-depth information on this topic.ĬAP consists of mechanisms that preserve, refine, analyze, modify, organize, and interpret information from the auditory periphery. Knowledge of the neuroanatomy and physiology of the central auditory nervous system is essential for understanding and interpreting underlying processes and deficits. Central Auditory Processing (CAP)Ĭentral auditory processing (CAP)-also seen in the literature as (central) auditory processing or auditory processing-is the perceptual processing of auditory information in the central auditory nervous system (CANS) and the neurobiological activity that underlies that processing and gives rise to electrophysiologic auditory potentials (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2005).

See the Central Auditory Processing Disorder Evidence Map for pertinent scientific evidence, expert opinion, and client/caregiver perspective. Content is relevant to both developmental and acquired CAPD. The scope of this page is central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) in children and adults.
