special education evaluations
Auditory Processing Evaluation
WHAT – Measures an individual’s central auditory processing skills, including the ability to process language at the phonemic level, remember oral information or understand speech in a noisy setting. Physiologist utilize may draw from a variety of tests, such as the Wechler,Snaford-Binet, WJR-Cognitive, and Test of Auditory, Perceptual Skills (TAPS).
WHY – Provides a detailed description of the child’s central auditory processing skills to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in auditory processing functioning and suggest useful intervention strategies, particularly in the context of analysis, synthesis, discrimination and memory.
WHEN – Recommended when a child does not have a hearing loss, but demonstrates behaviors that suggest trouble understanding auditory information. Auditory processing difficulties often contribute to academic problems, especially in reading, writing and spelling. A student must have a current auditory processing evaluation, available from the DOE or at regional center and speech and language centers.*