Highly reverberant environments: A commentary on an interesting case study
Frank Musiek, Ph.D. It is well-known that highly reverberant rooms make communication difficult for all people. This is especially the case for individuals with hearing loss and those with central auditory dysfunction. Highly reverberant rooms or hallways are often termed “echoey” by the lay public. Schools have recognized this problem and do their best…
Read MoreCongenital and Acquired Amusia as Categories of CAPD (Part 1)
Carrie M. Clancy, B.A., M.M. Graduate Student, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona Commonly called “tone deafness”, amusia is defined as the inability to recognize or reproduce musical tones. Amusia can be congenital (present at birth) or acquired sometime later in life, as from brain damage due to stroke or…
Read MoreDiagnosis and Treatment of Amblyaudia, a type of Auditory Processing Disorder
[A preview of a the presentation at Pathways for AAA by Deborah Moncrief] Amblyaudia is a deficit in binaural integration, a process that begins with excitatory and inhibitory activation in the medial and lateral superior olivary complexes of the auditory brainstem (Tollin, 2003). Interaural timing and intensity differences are used to detect coincident signals and…
Read MoreClassrooms, noise and auditory processing disorders
Mridula Sharma 1,2 Associate Professor 1Department of Linguistics, Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue, Macquarie University New South Wales 2109, Australia 2The HEARing CRC, 550 Swanston Street, Audiology, Hearing and Speech Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia Communication in quiet is a rare occurrence. Noise is ubiquitous, causing interference in…
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