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10/14/2017  |   9:45 AM - 11:00 AM   |  East Ballroom at Shalala Student Services Building

A Bilingual Screening for Auditory Processing Disorders

The purpose of this presentation is to discuss an alternative tool for identifying children at risk for Auditory Processing Disorders. In developing countries there is a shortage of finantial and human resources to perform a full diagnostic auditory processing disorders battery. Therefore there is a need to screen school age children with a tool that will separate those at risk of APD from those who are not. The purpose of this session will be to discuss the different auditory skills that are pre-requisites for successful academic performance and a time-effective tool that will aid parents, therapists and teachers to screen for disorders in those areas. Through the session the participants will be exposed to information regarding the use of this approach in developing countries .

• Discuss the importance of screening for APD in developing countries.
• Discuss the auditory skills that are pre-requisites for adequate academic performance
• Describe al alternative bilingual tool for screening APD

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Soami Santiago De Snyder, Ph.D (POC,Primary Presenter), UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, soami.santiago@upr.edu;
The presenter has been an academician for 23 years. Most of her work has been associated to the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. Is a member of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Board of the Common Wealth of Puerto Rico. Served also in the American Academy of Audiology Multicultural Committee and was president of the PR Academy of Audiology as well as member of other national and international committes. Presently is a technical advisor in hearing health to Head Start programs in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands and colaborates with the Ronald Mac Donald Foundation. Areas of interest are balance disoders, APD and the effects of Sistemic Diseases in both the Auditory and the Balance systems. Currently Dr. Santiago de Snyder is the president of the Puerto Rican Organization of professionals in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (OPPHLA).

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