Auditory Processing Disorders

Donna Geffner, PhD, CCC-SLP/A, is a dually licensed and certified speech-language pathologist and audiologist. She served as Full Professor, Department Chair, Director of the Speech and Hearing Center, Director of the Graduate Programs and the Long Island AuD Consortium program at St. John's University prior to her retirement. She maintains a private practice in the areas of auditory processing disorders, language impairment, and AD/HD. Dr. Geffner is the recipient of the St. John's University President's Medal and many local, statewide, and national honors and awards, including ASHA's Fellow and ASHA Honors. Providence College bestowed upon her an Honorary Doctorate in Education. She currently continues to teach as an adjunct professor at Hofstra University in the AuD program. She is a former Vice President of Academic Affairs for ASHA and President of ASHA, 1999. Dr. Geffner is the author of three books (''Auditory Processing Disorders: Assessment, Management and Treatment'', with Deb Swain, now in its third edition; ''Attention Deficit Disorders: What Professionals Need to Know''; and ''The Navigator'' with Dale Seiden, a visual picture mapping for children) and two tests (''Auditory Skills Assessment'' with the late Ron Goldman and the ''Listening Inventory'' with Deb Swain). She was a host of a national television program series, produced by CBS and NBC, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Instructional Programming. She continues to be a spokesperson and invited speaker nationally and internationally at professional conferences, television, national webinars, and local and state conferences, parent groups, and educators. **** Deborah Ross-Swain, EdD, CCC-SLP, is the clinical director and CEO of The Swain Center for Listening, Communicating and Learning. Dr. Swain is the immediate past president of the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CSHA) and served on the CSHA Board of Directors for 10 years. Dr. Swain is the former Chief of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of California, Davis Medical Center and held a clinical staff faculty appointment to the School of Medicine. Dr. Swain has received awards from CSHA for outstanding service and outstanding achievement and was awarded Outstanding Alumnus in 2016 from California State University, Sacramento. Dr. Swain is the author of numerous standardized tests, books, and treatment manuals, and serves on ASHA's Governmental Relations and Public Policy Board.

• ForewordPrefaceContributorsSection I. Identification, Assessment and ManagementChapter 1. Central Auditory Processing Disorders: Definition , Description , Behaviors, and. Co-morbiditiesDonna GeffnerChapter 2. An Integrative Model for Understanding Auditory, Linguistic, and Cognitive Processes in Spoken Language-Processing and Associated Listening DisordersLarry MedwetskyChapter 3. Audiologic Assessment of Auditory Processing Disorders in Children and AdultsJames W. Hall III and Mazen K. El-BannaChapter 4. Causes of Listening Difficulties in the Classroom - A Model of Speech Understanding to Differentiate Auditory Processing Disorders from Non-Auditory DeficitsSharon Cameron and Harvey DillonChapter 5. Auditory Neuropathy: auditory processing consequences and management optionsGary Rance and Julien ZaninChapter 6. Speech-Language Pathologist's Role in the Assessment of APD and Listening ProblemsDeborah Ross-SwainChapter 7. Collaboration between the Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathologist for Auditory Processing Disorders and Listening ProblemsDeborah Ross-Swain, John J. Wicker and Michelle D'MelloChapter 8. Auditory Processing and How the Brain Reads: Language, Cognition, and Temporal ProcessingMartha S. BurnsChapter 9. Neuropsychological Evaluations: Differentiating Between Auditory Processing and Related ComplexitiesMichelle Limon Freeman and Daniel B. Peters Chapter 10. The Impact of Otitis Media on the Central Auditory System and Central Auditory ProcessingJack Katz, Thomas R. Zalewski and Michael J. BrennerChapter 11. Auditory Processing, Autoimmunity and other Medical ConditionJeannie M. LopezChapter 12. Evaluating Auditory Processing Abilities Through TelepracticeAngela Loucks Alexander and Fatima Abbas.Section II. ManagementChapter 13. Management strategies and Sound EnhancementDonna GeffnerSection III. Treatment and Intervention ProgramsChapter 14. Identification and Treatment of Dichotic DeficitsDeborah MoncriefChapter 15. Acoustic Pioneer and Auditory ProcessingMatthew BarkerChapter 16. Accessing Technology to treat auditory processing disorders: Computer-based auditory training (CBAT)Jeanane M. Ferre and Courtney BakerChapter 17. Applicable Applications: Treatment and Technology with Practical, Efficient, and Affordable SolutionsBunnie SchulerChapter 18. Resources and WebsitesLindsay LerroAppendix A. Auditory Processing Disorder: Tips for ParentsDonna Geffner and Deborah Ross-SwainAppendix B. Auditory Processing Disorder: Tips for TeachersDonna Geffner and Deborah Ross-SwainIndex