DocMooreSLP

Just tonight on Facebook I came across a posting for the top ranked graduate schools for Speech-Language Pathology, I am so proud of my school Missouri State University! We were ranked in the top 100! http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-health-schools/pathology-rankings I feel very fortunate that I was able to be apart of the MSU community for 6 years (4 for undergraduate studies and 2 for graduate school). Looking back at graduate school I know I will always remember it as challenging, inspiring, unique and unforgettable! I cannot say enough about how much I truly loved graduate school not only because of the education provided but for all of the life long friendships made! Go Bears and Congratulations!!

Recently, I read "The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in Identifying and Treating Children With Auditory Processing Disorders" by Gail J. Richard. I was drawn to read this article through ASHA because I have a few children on my caseload with the diagnosis of Central Auditory Processing Disorder. The article sites one current definition of central auditory processing disorder as: "the perceptual processing of auditory information in the CNS and the neurobiological activity that underlies that processing and gives rise to electrophysiologic auditory potentials. (C)AP includes the auditory mechanisms that underlie the following abilities or skills: sound localization and lateralization; auditory discrimination; auditory pattern recognition; temporal aspects of audition, including temporal integration, temporal discrimination, temporal ordering, and temporal masking; auditory performance in competing acoustic signals and auditory performance with degraded acou...