ASHA Learning Pass

This session presents a brief overview of central auditory processing skills, assessment procedures, and results interpretation, followed by a review of multiple clinical cases of adult patients evaluated for central auditory processing disorder (CAPD)/deficits at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. The presenter focuses specific attention on connecting each patient’s documented site-of-lesion with presenting auditory symptoms and CAPD evaluation results. Cases include sites-of-lesion along the length of the central auditory nervous system (CANS), including the intra-axial brainstem, extra-axial posterior fossa, and cerebrum, with sources including neoplasm and infarction. Cases include individuals with comorbid bilateral sensorineural hearing loss for whom the onset of central auditory processing dysfunction hindered their success with binaural amplification.

This session was recorded at the 2023 ASHA Convention in Boston (session 1909).

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Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Analyze CAPD evaluation results in conjunction with imaging and site-of-lesion information
• Compare and contrast CAPD evaluation results across cases with different sites-of-lesion
• Evaluate the clinical reality of CAPD/deficits in adults with and without peripheral hearing loss

Keywords: Auditory processing, Neuroaudiology, Audiology, Hearing Aid Benefit, Adults

Presenter Information

Jennifer Gonzalez, AuD, PhD, CCC-A, is a Senior Associate Consultant in the Division of Audiology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, and an Assistant Professor of Audiology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Her research and clinical interests focus on central auditory processing, neurodiagnostic applications of auditory evoked responses, and traditional and nontraditional applications of amplification and assistive listening device strategies for the management of central auditory processing disorders and deficits.

Disclosures:

• Salaried employee of Mayo Clinic
• Editorial Board Member for American Journal of Audiology
• Elected member-at-large for ASHA SIG 6 CC

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete the learning assessment by the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Content origination date: November 2023
End date: March 31, 2030

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).