Clinic - Week 4

This week in clinic i saw a 7 year old male who was brought in by his mother. He had been seen at the Clingburg center about 2 week prior. His mother reported he did have some ear infections as a young child. His mother also reported that he had trouble following directions or attending to speech and/or directions in the presence of background noise. His mother also reported he had trouble following directions at school when is teacher gave multiple instructions (do this, and then this, and then this). His mother reported no family history of hearing loss or any ear related surgeries or impairments.

Immittance revealed normal, Type A tympanograms puretone threshold results were within the normal limits bilaterally. The SCAN-C, Auditory Fusion Test, and the SSW were given. He did well on the first 2 tests and had scores within the normal range for his age group. The SSW results did show some difficulty when memory and attention. Some recommendations given were seating placement in the classroom, having the teacher write key words on the board before starting a new subject, gaining his attention before talking, a possible FM system, etc. The report was writting and a copy can be sent to the school for IEP follow-up, etc.

This was my first APD testing and I enjoyed it. As you all know I love working with children and really enjoyed this child. It was a long test and he did well throughout testing. We became friends by the end of the day and I really enjoyed working with him :)

This artilce talks about the use of 4 commonly selected APD tests given to 3rd graders. The SCAN is part of the test battery, which is what we use a lot in the clinic. The results explained that a multi-test battery should be given. Check it out :)

Domitz, D., Schow, R. (2000). A new CAPD battery--multiple auditory processing assessment: factor analysis and comparisons with SCAN, American Journal of Audiology, 9, 101-111.

http://web.ebscohost.com.www.libproxy.wvu.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=5&hid=2&sid=a601b1c8-4749-43f6-bcf3-ccbbf257f9fa%40sessionmgr9