Subject: central auditory processing disorder From: Ifat Yasin <ifat.yasin(at)PSY.OX.AC.UK> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:29:37 +0100The following references all involve some evaluation of Fast ForWard: Troia, G.-A., & Whitney, S.-D. (2003). A close look at the efficacy of Fast ForWord Language for children with academic weaknesses. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 28, 465-494. Hook, P. E., Macaruso, P., & Jones, S. (2001). Efficacy of Fast ForWord training on facilitating acquisition of reading skills by children with reading difficulties--a longitudinal study. Annals of Dyslexia, 51, 75-96. Agnew, J. A., Dorn, C., & Eden, G. F. (2004). Effect of intensive training on auditory processing and reading skills. Brain and Language, 88, 21-25. Ifat Yasin, Dept of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, England, OX1 3UD. -----Original Message----- From: AUDITORY Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Automatic digest processor Sent: 15 July 2004 05:00 To: Recipients of AUDITORY digests Subject: AUDITORY Digest - 12 Jul 2004 to 14 Jul 2004 (#2004-160) There are 3 messages totalling 213 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) (2) 2. IEEE Tr Speech/Audio special issue CFP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:20:44 +0200 From: Martin Braun <nombraun(at)TELIA.COM> Subject: Central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) On Saturday, July 10, Charles S. Watson wrote: > While it is reasonable to have doubts about the insurance industry's > lobbying against the validity of treatments they would rather not pay > for, the analysis by Aetna of CAPD and treatments advised for it is > worth a look. Of course their stance might make one want to learn more > about the opposing views in this controversial area. > > http://www.aetna.com/cpb/data/PrtCPBA0668.html Thank you, Charles. This page is worth reading. The same applies to the companion page http://www.aetna.com/cpb/data/CPBA0256.html Of course all statements from all industries should be read with the right amount of salt. But then it seems that those from the medical industry beg for more of it than those from the insurance industry. As to the so-called "CAPD syndrome", obviously a lot more research is needed. And we cannot even be certain if the term will survive many more years. Martin -------------------------------- Martin Braun Neuroscience of Music S-671 95 Klässbol Sweden web site: http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/index.htm ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:04:53 -0400 From: Dan Ellis <dpwe(at)EE.COLUMBIA.EDU> Subject: IEEE Tr Speech/Audio special issue CFP Dear List - Attached is the call for a special issue of IEEE Tr. Speech & Audio that I'm co-editing. We're trying to provide a focus for people working on the application of statistical techniques to perceptual-style sound processing etc. DAn. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Call for Papers * The IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing Special Issue on Statistical and Perceptual Audio Processing http://journal.speech.cs.cmu.edu/SAPA2004/IEEESAP/ Systems for automatic audio analysis fall into two broad camps: those based on statistical methods and models (e.g. current speech recognizers, independent component analysis), and those mimicking perceptual systems (exemplified by computational auditory scene analysis, as well as early approaches to speech recognition such as blackboards). Both these approaches have their merits, and their strengths appear complementary. The goal of this special issue is to collect work that integrates these two threads - using rigorous, statistical tools to exploit cues and processing analogous to those used by listeners. In this special issue we invite researchers to submit papers that combine perceptual and statistical principles, as applied to speech, music and audio analysis. Papers describing original and previously unpublished relevant research and new concepts are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics: * General audio analysis * Perceptual aspects of statistical algorithms * Speech analysis such as independent component analysis and * Music analysis non-negative matrix factorization. * Audio classification * Hybrid methods that use CASA-like cues in a * Speech recognition statistical framework, e.g. for separation * Signal separation or recognition. * Multi-channel analysis * Theoretical and empirical results on the * Computational Auditory unification of statistical and perceptually Scene Analysis (CASA) based approaches. This special issue is a sequel to the ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Statistical and Perceptual Audio Processing being held as a satellite to ICSLP-04 this October 2004 in Jeju, Korea: http://www.sapa2004.org/ However, the special issue is a separate entity and participation in the workshop will not influence the special issue review process. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Prospective authors should prepare manuscripts according to the Information for Authors as published in any recent issue of the Transactions and as available on the web at: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/society/sp/infotsa.html Note that all rules will apply with regard to submission lengths, mandatory overlength page charges, and color charges. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically through the online IEEE manuscript submission system at: http://sps-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/ When selecting a manuscript type, authors must click on "Special Issue of T-SA on Statistical and Perceptual Audio Processing." Authors should follow the instructions for the IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing and indicate in the Comments to the Editor-in-Chief that the manuscript is submitted for publication in the Special Issue on Statistical and Perceptual Audio Processing. We require a completed copyright form to be signed and faxed to 1-732-562-8905 at the time of submission. Please indicate the manuscript number on the top of the page. SCHEDULE Submission deadline: 31 January 2005 Notification of acceptance: 30 July 2005 Final manuscript due: 1 September 2005 Tentative publication date: January 2006 GUEST EDITORS Dr. Bhiksha Raj <bhiksha(at)merl.com> Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Malcolm Slaney <malcolm(at)ieee.org> IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA. Dr. Daniel Ellis <dpwe(at)ee.columbia.edu> Columbia University New York, NY. Dr. Paris Smaragdis <paris(at)merl.com> Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Judith Brown <brown(at)media.mit.edu> Wellesley College, MA, Visiting Scientist at MIT. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:06:49 -0700 From: Pierre Divenyi <pdivenyi(at)EBIRE.ORG> Subject: Re: Central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) I would not write off CAPD just now. Aside our lab, a few friends (e.g.,=20 Sandy Gordon-Salant and Peter Fitzgibbons, Karen Snell and her colleagues,= =20 and of course Jim Jerger and his colleagues) have shown that the aging=20 process affects auditory processes beyond the periphery. As to the Aetna=20 analysis, it seems to be on the overly cautious side, almost like the=20 present Administration's analysis of global warming. Maybe we should ask=20 Paula Tallal (whose work became the basis for Fast ForWord) to give us her= =20 answer to the insurance industry's views? Pierre At 06:20 AM 7/14/2004, Martin Braun wrote: >On Saturday, July 10, Charles S. Watson wrote: > > > While it is reasonable to have doubts about the insurance industry's > > lobbying against the validity of treatments they would rather not pay > > for, the analysis by Aetna of CAPD and treatments advised for it is > > worth a look. Of course their stance might make one want to learn more > > about the opposing views in this controversial area. > > > > http://www.aetna.com/cpb/data/PrtCPBA0668.html > >Thank you, Charles. This page is worth reading. The same applies to the >companion page > >http://www.aetna.com/cpb/data/CPBA0256.html > >Of course all statements from all industries should be read with the right >amount of salt. But then it seems that those from the medical industry beg >for more of it than those from the insurance industry. > >As to the so-called "CAPD syndrome", obviously a lot more research is >needed. And we cannot even be certain if the term will survive many more >years. > >Martin > >-------------------------------- >Martin Braun >Neuroscience of Music >S-671 95 Kl=E4ssbol >Sweden >web site: http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/index.htm **************************************************************************** Pierre Divenyi, Ph.D. Chief, Speech and Hearing Research (151) VA Medical Center and East Bay= Institute for Research and Education Martinez, CA 94553, USA Phone: +1 (925) 370-6745 Fax: +1 (925) 229-3035 E-mail : pdivenyi(at)ebire.org **************************************************************************** ------------------------------ End of AUDITORY Digest - 12 Jul 2004 to 14 Jul 2004 (#2004-160) ***************************************************************