Auditory Processing DisorderDépistage TTANCT04363580
Creation of Auditory Processing Disorder Screening Tool in French
An observational study of Auditory Processing Disorder, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 1 site in France.
Trial summary
The objective of the study is to validate a screening tool for auditory processing disorder in children of 7 to 13 years old. This screening tool was created based on literature and combines a questionnaire and a mini-battery of tests composed of verbal and nonverbal assessments. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 7 to 13 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Auditory Processing Disorder
- What is being tested?
- Auditory processing disorder screening tool
- How many people
- 16 participants
- Where
- 1 siteFrance
- Study dates
- 18 Sep 2020to 15 May 2021
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 7 to 13 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Study population: Children referred for an assessment of central auditory skills at ENT unit of Necker hospital.
Who may be able to join
- Child aged 7 to 13 on the day of enrollment.
- Child referred for assessment of central auditory skills, who did not have an auditory processing disorder -type assessment before.
- Hearing thresholds at both ears between 0 decibels Hearing Level (dB HL) and 15 dB HL at 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 and 8000 Hz. Absence of auditory neuropathy.
- Child affiliated to a social security scheme.
- Holders of parental authority who do not oppose the patient's participation in research.
Who cannot join
- Known neurological disorder (epilepsy, cranial trauma, etc.).
- Non medicated attention deficit since the presence of such a deficit can affect the child's performance during the auditory processing disorder assessment.
- Intellectual disability since impairment of cognitive skills may also explain poor test performance (IQ <80).
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
The objective of the study is to validate a screening tool for auditory processing disorder in children of 7 to 13 years old. This screening tool was created based on literature and combines a questionnaire and a mini-battery of tests composed of verbal and nonverbal assessments.
Read the detailed description
Hearing plays a vital role in the development of a child. Hearing is based on two main systems: the peripheral system and the central system. Peripheral hearing, which includes the outer, middle, and inner ear and the auditory nerve, can detect sound signals.
For its part, the central system, which is composed of auditory structures from the auditory nerve to the brain, makes it possible to process these sound signals and to analyze them. Peripheral hearing damage will result in deafness while a problem in the central auditory system will be called auditory processing disorder. Peripheral deafness can be detected from birth through neonatal screening for deafness. The symptoms of an auditory processing disorder can easily be confused with those caused by attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity and a specific language disorder. Auditory processing disorder is often unknown in the medical and educational worlds, and children are referred late for consultation. In addition, the lack of French screening tests for auditory processing disorder and the long waiting lists for specialized consultations help to delay diagnosis and hinder early intervention. Auditory processing disorder affects about 2 to 3% of school-aged children.
The objective of the study is to validate a screening tool for auditory processing disorder in children of 7 to 13 years old. This screening tool was created based on literature and combines a questionnaire and a mini-battery of tests composed of verbal and nonverbal assessments.
- Conditions
- Auditory Processing Disorder
- Being tested
- Auditory processing disorder screening tool
- Keywords
- Auditory processing disorder, Screening tool, Children
- Medical subject headings
- Auditory Perceptual Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Auditory processing disorder screening toolOther
Screening tool : a questionnaire completed by the parents and the child's teacher and a mini-battery of tests composed of verbal and nonverbal assessments.
Questions for parents are grouped into four sections:
- Reference pattern and portrait of the child.
- Auditory history.
- History of speech and language development.
- School history.
The teacher questionnaire has seven sections:
- Portrait of the child.
- Reading and writing.
- Speaking.
- Mathematics.
- Music.
- Memory.
- Listening skills and understanding:
- Concentration and organization.
- Environment.
Mini-battery of tests:
- Dichotic Numeric Listening Test.
- Identification test of 15 patterns of frequency-varying sounds at each ear.
- Test of 10 monosyllables in noise per ear.
- Auditory memory test by measuring the range of figures (instead of words in order to reduce the contribution of language processing).
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Patients | Children consulting for an assessment of central auditory skills Receives: Other: Auditory processing disorder screening tool |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Sensitivity
Comparison of the results of the auditory processing disorder screening tool with those obtained at the auditory processing disorder reference diagnostic battery.
Sensitivity: Number of true positives / Number of true positives + Number of false negatives
For the screening tool questionnaire, a score of 1 is given for each item for which parents or teachers believe that the child has a problem. A score of more than 50% on the questionnaire (or sub-section) suggests that the child is at risk of having an auditory processing disorder. The child would also be at risk when he fails at least one hearing test of the tool.
Measured: 2 years
Specificity
Comparison of the results of the auditory processing disorder screening tool with those obtained at the auditory processing disorder reference diagnostic battery.
Specificity: Number of true negatives / Number of true negatives + Number of false positives
For the screening tool questionnaire, a score of 1 is given for each item for which parents or teachers believe that the child has a problem. A score of more than 50% on the questionnaire (or sub-section) suggests that the child is at risk of having an auditory processing disorder. The child would also be at risk when he fails at least one hearing test of the tool.
Measured: 2 years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Apr 2020
- Study start18 Sep 2020
- Primary completion15 May 2021
- Study completion15 May 2021
Why it stopped: Inconclusive results
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Auditory Processing DisorderStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 16 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Natalie Loundon, MD, PhD, Principal investigator, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisIsabelle Rouillon, MD, Study director, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04363580
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- APHP190844
- Other IDs
- 2019-A01288-49
- Acronym
- Dépistage TTA
- Status last verified
- Mar 2026
- First submitted
- 23 Apr 2020
- Last updated
- 12 Mar 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 12 Mar 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Creation of Auditory Processing Disorder Screening Tool in French
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04363580
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Dépistage TTA / APHP190844
- Conditions
- Auditory Processing Disorder
- Keywords
- Auditory processing disorder, Screening tool, Children
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: Inconclusive results
- Enrolment
- 16 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
- Study start
- 18 Sep 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 15 May 2021 (actual)
- Study completion
- 15 May 2021 (actual)
- First posted
- 27 Apr 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The objective of the study is to validate a screening tool for auditory processing disorder in children of 7 to 13 years old. This screening tool was created based on literature and combines a questionnaire and a mini-battery of tests composed of verbal and nonverbal assessments.
Detailed description
Hearing plays a vital role in the development of a child. Hearing is based on two main systems: the peripheral system and the central system. Peripheral hearing, which includes the outer, middle, and inner ear and the auditory nerve, can detect sound signals.
For its part, the central system, which is composed of auditory structures from the auditory nerve to the brain, makes it possible to process these sound signals and to analyze them. Peripheral hearing damage will result in deafness while a problem in the central auditory system will be called auditory processing disorder. Peripheral deafness can be detected from birth through neonatal screening for deafness. The symptoms of an auditory processing disorder can easily be confused with those caused by attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity and a specific language disorder. Auditory processing disorder is often unknown in the medical and educational worlds, and children are referred late for consultation. In addition, the lack of French screening tests for auditory processing disorder and the long waiting lists for specialized consultations help to delay diagnosis and hinder early intervention. Auditory processing disorder affects about 2 to 3% of school-aged children.
The objective of the study is to validate a screening tool for auditory processing disorder in children of 7 to 13 years old. This screening tool was created based on literature and combines a questionnaire and a mini-battery of tests composed of verbal and nonverbal assessments.
Study design
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Patients | – | Other: Auditory processing disorder screening toolChildren consulting for an assessment of central auditory skills |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 7 to 13 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
- Study population
- Children referred for an assessment of central auditory skills at ENT unit of Necker hospital.
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Child aged 7 to 13 on the day of enrollment.
- Child referred for assessment of central auditory skills, who did not have an auditory processing disorder -type assessment before.
- Hearing thresholds at both ears between 0 decibels Hearing Level (dB HL) and 15 dB HL at 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 and 8000 Hz. Absence of auditory neuropathy.
- Child affiliated to a social security scheme.
- Holders of parental authority who do not oppose the patient's participation in research.
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Known neurological disorder (epilepsy, cranial trauma, etc.).
- Non medicated attention deficit since the presence of such a deficit can affect the child's performance during the auditory processing disorder assessment.
- Intellectual disability since impairment of cognitive skills may also explain poor test performance (IQ <80).
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Auditory processing disorder screening toolScreening tool : a questionnaire completed by the parents and the child's teacher and a mini-battery of tests composed of verbal and nonverbal assessments. Questions for parents are grouped into four sections: * Reference pattern and portrait of the child. * Auditory history. * History of speech and language development. * School history. The teacher questionnaire has seven sections: * Portrait of the child. * Reading and writing. * Speaking. * Mathematics. * Music. * Memory. * Listening skills and understanding: * Concentration and organization. * Environment. Mini-battery of tests: * Dichotic Numeric Listening Test. * Identification test of 15 patterns of frequency-varying sounds at each ear. * Test of 10 monosyllables in noise per ear. * Auditory memory test by measuring the range of figures (instead of words in order to reduce the contribution of language processing). | Other | Patients |
Primary outcome
Sensitivity
Time frame: 2 years
Comparison of the results of the auditory processing disorder screening tool with those obtained at the auditory processing disorder reference diagnostic battery. Sensitivity: Number of true positives / Number of true positives + Number of false negatives For the screening tool questionnaire, a score of 1 is given for each item for which parents or teachers believe that the child has a problem. A score of more than 50% on the questionnaire (or sub-section) suggests that the child is at risk of having an auditory processing disorder. The child would also be at risk when he fails at least one hearing test of the tool.
Specificity
Time frame: 2 years
Comparison of the results of the auditory processing disorder screening tool with those obtained at the auditory processing disorder reference diagnostic battery. Specificity: Number of true negatives / Number of true negatives + Number of false positives For the screening tool questionnaire, a score of 1 is given for each item for which parents or teachers believe that the child has a problem. A score of more than 50% on the questionnaire (or sub-section) suggests that the child is at risk of having an auditory processing disorder. The child would also be at risk when he fails at least one hearing test of the tool.
Results and safety
The study was stopped early (reason given: Inconclusive results). Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 12 Mar 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Natalie Loundon, MD, PhD principal investigator
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Isabelle Rouillon, MD study director
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Auditory Processing Disorder, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 1 site in France.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study was stopped early (reason given: Inconclusive results). Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Sensitivity (time frame: 2 years). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Mar 2026.