AUTHOR=Iliadou Vasiliki , Kiese-Himmel Christiane , Bamiou Doris-Eva , Grech Helen , Ptok Martin , Chermak Gail D. , Thai-Van Hung , Stokkereit Mattsson Tone , Musiek Frank E. 

TITLE=Clinical Expertise Is Core to an Evidence-Based Approach to Auditory Processing Disorder: A Reply to Neijenhuis et al. 2019

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurology

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2019

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2019.01096

DOI=10.3389/fneur.2019.01096

ISSN=1664-2295

ABSTRACT=The opinion article “An Evidence-based Perspective on Misconceptions Regarding Pediatric Auditory Processing Disorder” by Neijenhuis, Campbell, Cromb et al. (1) presents a distorted view of the evi-dence-based approach used in medicine. The authors focus on the amorphous non-diagnostic entity ‘listening difficulties’ not auditory processing disorder (APD) and create confusion that could jeop-ardize clinical services to individuals with APD. In our perspective article, we rebut Neijenhuis et al 2019,  and more importantly, we present a rationale for  evidence-based practice founded on the prem-ise that research on APD is only clinically applicable when conducted on clinical populations diag-nosed with APD.