Selected management approaches to central auditory processing disorders

This is a commentary on three key aspects of the management of central audi tory processing disorders in children. It is an update on some selected app roaches for the management of auditory processing problems. Auditory traini ng techniques that are theoretically based and for which empirical data are emerging are addressed. The second part of our commentary deals with metho ds of enhancing acoustic speech signals. Discussions on clear speech, acous tic modifications of the listening environment, and the utilization of assi stive listening devices are presented. The final part of the article review s linguistic and cognitive interventions for people with auditory processin g problems. Topics in this section include approaches to facilitate phonolo gical awareness, vocabulary building, prosodic feature recognition, and use of metacognitive abilities.