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Masks Protect Health Yet Obstruct Clear Communication

Introduction COVID-19 complicates life for us all, as we need to find new ways to safely navigate aspects of everyday life. It can be particularly difficult to…

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The Test of Auditory and Visual Skills: Improving opportunities for screening auditory and visual processing

The Test of Auditory and Visual Skills (TAVS) is a versatile screening tool developed to assess a range of fundamental auditory and visual skills. These basic skills…

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Asperger Syndrome and inTime: Marian, Adult Case Report

Asperger syndrome (AS) is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), one of a distinct group of complex neurodevelopment disorders characterized by social impairment, communication difficulties, and restrictive, repetitive,…

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Part 6: TAVS Assessment Series- Sound Localization, Where Am I?

Many children and adults with auditory processing problems find it really difficult to be able to listen when there is any background noise in the environment. This…

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Part 5: TAVS Assessment Series- Temporal Processing, Duration and Pitch Pattern

Temporal processing is our perception of time for auditory signals reaching the brain. Clearly, within speech, music and other sound, ordering and processing the time element of…

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Part 4: TAVS Assessment Series- Pitch Discrimination

We often do not fully recognize the importance of pitch perception. The links between pitch perception and our ability to sing in tune are widely known and…

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Part 3: TAVS Assessment Series- Steady Beat Competency

It is difficult to overstate the importance of beat competency for learning. A large amount of research over the last 20 years has consistently shown how beat competency…

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Part 2: TAVS Assessment Series- Fusion Threshold and Auditory Temporal Processing

There has been interest in the importance of fusion threshold as a measure of temporal resolution for a number of years. Temporal resolution, an element of temporal…

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Part 1: TAVS Assessment Series- The Importance of Temporal Order Judgment

In the 1970’s Paula Tallal showed that children with Specific Language Impairment had difficulty with the temporal ordering of auditory stimuli. Since then many other researchers have…

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