AN EXAMINATION OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AUDITORY PROCESSING IN CLUTTERERS

This study examined auditory processing ability in three school-aged m ale clutterers who presented concomitant diagnoses of attention defici t disorder (ADD) and three age- and sex-matched normal-speaking contro l subjects. Subjects underwent a brief central auditory processing (CA P) and auditory event-related potential (AEP) battery. All three clutt erers performed below normal test-established performance criteria on at least two of the four CAP measures and exhibited abnormal AEP wavef orm morphology. All control subjects per formed within normal test-est ablished performance criteria on all measures.