This brings up the question whether such evidence limiting the age for testing actually exists.
#AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER TEST FOR CHILDREN PROFESSIONAL#
Often these professionals merely say this age limit has been established by our professional organizations. However, professionals making such statements do not provide evidence-based references that support waiting until a specific age to test a child for APD. Even if there are concerns identified for the child related to possible auditory processing problems, many audiologists will contend that a younger child cannot be evaluated. In general, clinicians state that one must wait until the child is at least 7 years old before such testing can be completed. Parents and others are often told by audiologists that their child below age 7 cannot be evaluated for APD.
Citations from our professional associations, as well as from other publications, show that there is no evidence to support that children younger than age 7 cannot be evaluated for APD. This article discusses what evidence exists to refute the argument that you must wait until age 7 to test children for APD.
Often, they state that this is what our professional associations say, but they do not cite from where they have read such statements. However, they usually do not present evidence to support this statement. Many audiologists believe that we cannot and should not evaluate children for auditory processing disorders (APD) below 7 years of age.
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