Central Auditory Processing Disorder in Children: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) is an impairment in the neural processing of sound information across the central auditory nerve system, not caused by peripheral hearing loss. The literature has highlighted the relationship between CAPD and learning difficulties and other conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)....

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This review reinforces that CAPD in children requires a coordinated multidisciplinary team including audiologists, speech-language pathologists, psychologists, and educators; while not introducing new protocols, it supports existing best-practice frameworks for assessment and management.

CAPD remains a diagnostically contested and underserved condition in pediatric audiology, and structured multidisciplinary frameworks are increasingly important as prevalence awareness grows among educators and pediatricians.

1. 01CAPD involves impaired neural sound processing despite normal peripheral hearing sensitivity.
2. 02A multidisciplinary team approach — spanning audiology, speech-language pathology, psychology, and education — is advocated.
3. 03Review distinguishes CAPD from peripheral hearing loss, ADHD, and language disorders, which are common co-occurring or misdiagnosed conditions.
4. 04Management strategies include auditory training, environmental modifications, and assistive listening devices.
5. 05Published in Cureus as a review; does not introduce new clinical trial data.

PMID

42928862

DOI

10.7759/cureus.116936.

Journal

Cureus

Publication type

review

Evidence level

5

Population

Children with Central Auditory Processing Disorder

Intervention

Multidisciplinary assessment and management approach for CAPD