**2. Conclusion**

*The Human Auditory System - Basic Features and Updates on Audiological Diagnosis and Therapy*

Monitoring progress of the patient is important since it allows the therapist to measure the appropriateness of the AT program and provides a basis for feedback to the patient and parents [50]. Ideally, three types of monitoring should be employed to measure auditory changes: psychophysical, electrophysiological, and questionnaires. These measures should be obtained before and after hearing training. Several questionnaires are available and can be answered by the patient and/or individuals interacting with him or her, such as parents, teachers, and other

Several questionnaires are described in the literature, such as the Children's Auditory Performance Scale (CHAPS) [55, 56], Screening Instrument for Targeting Educational Risk (SIFTER) [56, 57], Children's Home Inventory of Listening Difficulties (CHILD) [58], and the Scale of Auditory Behaviors (SAB) [58].

A large number of studies provide definitive evidence for the plasticity of the auditory system evidenced by behavioral changes in both animals [59–61] and in humans [62–68]. A recent study by Donadon et al. [69], whose objective was to investigate auditory training in children and adolescents suffering from otitis media

vi.Multimodality cues and hands-on demonstrations

vii.Pre-teaching of new information and new vocabulary

v.Repetition or rephrasing

viii.Provision of a notetaker

x.Positive reinforcement

xii.FM systems

professionals.

xi.Reduce background noise

ix.Gaining attention prior to speaking

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**Figure 3.**

*CAPD and associated pathologies.*

The central auditory nervous system is responsible for the processing of auditory information. It is highly complex and plastic, being able to reorganize itself in response to auditory stimulation. Auditory training promotes behavioral and electrophysiological changes due to the neurophysiology of the brain's plasticity. The latter enables the positive performance of the auditory training, which is an important rehabilitation strategy for individuals with central auditory processing disorders.
