A discussion of children with obvious hearing and balance disorders being mislabelled in the psycho-neuro-developmental and educational world: an historical analysis

Abstract

There is ample evidence, both historical, and more recent electrophysiological, that children with a variety of speech, language and learning labels in fact have disorders of hearing and balance. One of the main purposes of attempting to discern the origin or aetiology of a disorder is its relevance to inform rehabilitative measures. To that end, it is herein postulated that audiology needs to evaluate whether children with hearing and vestibular problems are being overlooked and misdiagnosed, and what implications that has for further research and the children that are at risk.

Keywords:

• Auditory processing disorders
• temporal processing
• auditory and vestibular disorders

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