AUCKLAND HEARING & EAR HEALTH BLOG 

The SAILS Project, Speech Audibility in Learning Spaces, initiated by SoundSkills founder Dr Bill Keith, is developing technology and...

Professor Suzanne Purdy at the University of Auckland, PhD candidate Ashkan Alvand, and colleagues have recently published some of their...

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a general term for hearing disorders in which the ears process sound normally but the hearing...

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is an “umbrella” term covering a variety of central auditory processing deficits. APD is listed as a...

Many people with autism experience auditory processing difficulties and research confirms that they benefit from the same treatments...

Professor Suzanne Purdy was awarded the honour of Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours...

In this interview article renowned researcher Dr Frank Musiek discusses key discoveries about central auditory function in different types and sites of brain disorders.

The team at SoundSkills congratulates our friend, colleague and APD research collaborator, Dr Suzanne Purdy from the University of Auckland, who has been awarded the American Academy of Audiology International Award for Hearing for 2021 to acknowledge her significant contribution to audiology internationally.

Auditory processing, language, and reading impairment are neurologically entwined. There is considerable research across many domains confirming the hypothesis that disrupted timing of auditory processing is a core deficit in dyslexia.

Musical experience early in life imparts lifelong neuroplasticity.

The EMC Summer Newsletter 2020 is full of news of the latest EMC research grants and hearing research activities throughout Aotearoa.

In this two part interview Dr Gail Chermak provides an excellent overview of current research-based understanding of (C)APD and its diagnosis and treatment.

The PhD thesis research of Dr Joan Leung, Adviser: ASD at SoundSkills APD Clinic, showed that children with ASD can improve their communication skills through training to better appreciate prosody, the subtle changes in speech intonation and stress that denote emotion. Use of remote microphone hearing aid systems assisted the prosody perception training and were beneficial to the children in school.

Auditory training, language and phonological therapies, and remote microphone hearing aid systems are beneficial for children with APD.

The purpose of this study (which included participants from SoundSkills APD Clinic) was to demonstrate the efficacy of Auditory Rehabilitation for Interaural Asymmetry (ARIA) to improve dichotic listening scores in children and adolescents diagnosed with amblyaudia and other binaural integration deficits.

One of the most exciting research findings in the treatment of auditory processing disorder (APD) is the neuroplastic benefit of amplification. It is now well established that, over time, amplification with remote microphone hearing aid systems results in improvements in hearing skills of children with APD due to beneficial neuroplastic changes in the brain.

This article is one among a growing body of research showing the benefits of auditory training and remote microphone hearing aid systems for children and adolescents with ASD.

The aim of this study by Sarah Lawton, speech-language therapist at SoundSkills APD Clinic, was to explore the emotional and psychological consequences of living with APD as perceived by children with the disorder and their parents.

This consensus statement on auditory processing disorder (APD) by experts on APD from 17 European countries was led by Professors Vivian Iliadou (Greece) and Doris Eva-Bamiou (UK).

This study provides strong evidence of beneficial neuroplastic change, measured through improvements in the electrophysiological responses of the brain to speech sounds, in children with auditory processing deficits, as a result of use of mild amplification with remote microphone hearing aid systems.