Is central auditory processing disorder present in psychosis?

Purpose: The scope of this study was to trace central auditory processing issues in patients with first-episode psychosis using a psychoacoustic test battery approach.

Method: Patients (n = 17) and volunteer control subjects (n = 17) with no personal or family history of schizophrenia were included in the study on the basis of normal hearing sensitivity. The authors implemented a central auditory processing battery consisting of monaural and binaural tests with verbal and nonverbal stimuli.

Auditory processing disorder and brain pathology in a preterm child with learning disabilities.

Background: Auditory processing disorders involve deficits in the processing of information in the auditory domain that are not due to higher order language, cognitive or other related factors.

Purpose: To evaluate the possibility of structural brain abnormalities in preterm children manifesting as auditory processing disorders.

Research Design: A case report of a young girl, preterm at birth, with language difficulties, learning problems at school, and additional listening problems.