Clinical Expertise Is Core to an Evidence-Based Approach to Auditory Processing Disorder: A Reply to Neijenhuis et al. 2019

Frontiers in Neurology

Vasiliki Iliadou¹  Hung Thai-Van²  Helen Grech³  Tone Stokkereit Mattsson⁴  Martin Ptok⁵  Gail D. Chermak⁶  Doris-Eva Bamiou⁷  Frank E. Musiek⁸  Christiane Kiese-Himmel⁹ 

[1] Clinical Psychoacoustics Lab, Third Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Sector, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;Department of Audiology and Otoneurological Evaluation, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Paris Hearing Institute, Centre de l'Institut Pasteur, Inserm U1120, Paris, France;Department of Communication Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta;Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway;Department of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hanover, Germany;Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane, Spokane, WA, United States;Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London Ear Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom;Neuroaudiology Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States;Phoniatric and Pediatric Audiological Psychology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany;

关键词: auditory processing disorder;    evidence-based approach;    hearing;    pediatrics;    systematic reviews;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fneur.2019.01096

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The opinion article “An Evidence-based Perspective on Misconceptions Regarding Pediatric Auditory Processing Disorder” by Neijenhuis et al. (1) presents a distorted view of the evidence-based approach used in medicine. The authors focus on the amorphous non-diagnostic entity “listening difficulties” not auditory processing disorder (APD) and create confusion that could jeopardize clinical services to individuals with APD. In our perspective article, we rebut Neijenhuis et al. (1), and more importantly, we present a rationale for evidence-based practice founded on the premise that research on APD is only clinically applicable when conducted on clinical populations diagnosed with APD.

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