LM316 - The Gold Standard and Auditory Processing Disorder

Friday, April 1, 2022

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT

Location: 127

Earn 0.1 CEUs

Lead Presenter(s)

Andrew J. Vermiglio, AuD

Assistant professor
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

Disclosure: Financial Disclosures: Lavi Institute- Speaker/Honoraria
Non-Financial Disclosures: Co-developer of formerly available commercial versions of the Hearing in Noise Test

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Abstract: Diagnostic accuracy research plays a lead role in evidence-based medicine for physicians and evidence-based practice for audiologists. A key component in diagnostic accuracy research is the “gold standard” test. A review of the literature reveals conflicting views on the definition and purpose of the gold standard especially in the area of auditory processing disorder (APD). The overall purpose of this presentation is to show how the gold standard as used in the field of medicine may be applied to APD.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the various meanings of the term “gold standard” found in the research literature on auditory processing disorder.
Identify the gold standard as described in the STARD Statement for Reporting Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy (Bossuyt et al, 2003).
Describe how the appropriate use of the gold standard may provide clarity for the diagnosis of individuals with listening problems in the presence of normal pure-tone thresholds.