Brief Curriculum Vitae on Central Auditory Processing Disorders Robert W. Keith, Ph.D. Revised October  2005Professor: Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Center for Health Related Programs, University of Cincinnati EDUCATION University of Maryland Overseas Extension Program, 1957-1958 A.A., Mason City Junior College, Mason City, Iowa, 1958-1960 B.A., Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, 1962 M.A., Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, 1964 Ph.D., Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, 1967 APPOINTMENTS Professor of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati Director, Division of Audiology and Vestibular Testing, University of Cincinnati Medical Center Director of Medical Education, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Vice-Chair, Resident Training Committee, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Adjunct Professor, Central Michigan University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders ACTIVITIES Member, American Speech and Hearing Association Committee on Disorders of Central Auditory Processing, January 1, 1979-December 31, 1980. Member, American Speech and Hearing Association Committee on Language Learning Disorders, January 1, 1980-December 31, 1981. Chairman, American Speech and Hearing Association Committee on Disorders of Central Auditory Processing, January 1, 1981-December 31, 1981. Member, Speech Language and Hearing Committee, International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1990. Member, Division of Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood on Steering Committee, ASHA, 1991. Chairman of Local Arrangements and Program International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities, October 4-5, 1991. President-elect American Academy of Audiology, 1993-1994. President American Academy of Audiology, 1994-1995. Past President American Academy of Audiology, 1995-1996. Chair, Honors Committee, American Academy of Audiology, 1999-2000. Chair, American Board of Audiology, January 1, 2000-December 31, 2002. EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES Editor-in-Chief, Ear and Hearing (Journal of the American Auditory Society), September 1984-1992. Editorial Board, Journal of American Academy of Audiology, 1998 to present. Editorial Board, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 2000 to present. Editorial Board, Disturbios da Comunicacao (Brazil), 1995 to present. RESEARCH INTERESTS Differential diagnosis of central auditory pathology and central auditory and language disorders in children and adults. CURRENT PROJECTS and SUPERVISED RESEARCH University of Cincinnati Julie Collier: Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials, Ph.D. dissertation, UC David Harris:  The relationship of pesticides and noise on hearing, Ph.D. dissertation, UC Hebeta Halawa, M.D.:  Phenotypes of Conexin Hearing Loss in Children, Ph.D. dissertation, UC Dawn Estelle:  Outcome study of APD Assessment in Children, AuD Capstone, UC Central Michigan University Capstone Projects: Jill Anderson-Ortiz:  APD screening practices among educational audiologists Matthew Brandow:  Development of a hospital based model for a Center for Auditory Processing Disorders Tricia Chrillo:  A study of temporal processing in persons with dyslexia Eduardo Cruz:  Bilingual Information for Patients on Hearing and Balance Disorders Kristine Elise Eatinger:  Establishing a Course for Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists on Central Auditory Processing Disorders in Children Pam Feehan:  Handbook of Socializing Coping Strategies for Professionals Working with Children with APD and Related Disorders  Rosalind Garfinkel:  Retrospective Study of Two Years of Educational Referrals for Auditory Processing Testing Tori Gustafson:  Relationship of auditory processing sub-categories as determined by the Staggered Spondee Word Test (SSW) to speech-language and auditory test results. Markin Harkin:  Are the RGDT and Dichotic Digits reliable screening tools to identify children who may have APD? Marta Hecocks:  Relationship between reading-related phonological processing ability and tests of auditory processing. Sandy Johnson:  Testing for Auditory Processing Disorders in the Schools Hal McPherson:  Effect of Methylphenidate on the anti-masking properties of the olivocochlear reflex. Siti Mukari:  Development and standardization of a dichotic digit test in the Malay language. Lorra Pettit:  Auditory processing deficits in children diagnosed with dyslexia. Donna Pitts:  Normative Data for the RGDT, DPT, and Dichotic Digits test in persons with SNHL Lori Hicks Postar:  Mismatch negativity and psychoacoustic measures of gap detection in children: a case study. Joy Pritchett:  Identification of eye movement disorders by VO. Jackie Proctor:  Human auditory gap-detection thresholds and workplace chemical exposures. Bonnie Stewart:  Is the WIPI Too Out of Date to be Effective? Karen Adams:  Dichotic Norms for Elementary School Children Vickie Anderson:  FM Recommendations in APD Management: A survey of current clinical practices Shira Miller:  An Investigation of the Effects of Hearing Impariment on Auditory Processing Tests Kimberly Kay Ott:  Developing a Bank of Educational Goals and Objectives for Students with APD in Accordance with Illinois Learning Standards Dennis Hatherill:  The Relationship of Hearing Aid Success and Auditory Processing in Hearing Impaired Elderly Adults  PUBLISHED TESTS SCAN: A Screening Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Children, R.W. Keith (Ed.). San Antonio: Psychological Corporation, 1986. Auditory Continuous Performance Test (ACPT), R.W. Keith (Ed.). San Antonio: Psychological Corporation, 1994. SCAN - A: A Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Adolescence and Adults. R. W. Keith, San Antonio: Psychological Corporation, 1994. Auditory Fusion Test Revised, (AFT-R), Robert McCroskey and Robert W. Keith, distributed by Auditec of St. Louis, 1996. SCAN-C revised: Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Children, R.W. Keith (Ed.). San Antonio, Psychological Corporation, 2000. Random Gap Detection Test (RGDT) R.W. Keith, distributed by AUDiTEC of St. Louis, 2000. Random Gap Detection Test – Expanded (RGDT-E)  R.W. Keith, distributed by AUDiTEC of St. Louis, 2002 Time Compressed Sentence Test (TCST)  R.W. Keith, distributed by AUDiTEC of St. Louis, 2002 Time Compressed Sentence Test - Spanish Version (TCST-S)  R.W. Keith, expected July 2004.   Distributed by AUDiTEC of St. Louis BOOK CHAPTERS Synthetic Sentence Identification.   R.W. Keith (Ed.), Central Auditory Dysfunction, Chapter 3. New York: Grune and Stratton, 1977. Auditory Perceptual Problems in Children,.  R.W. Keith (Ed.) and J.L. Northern (Ed.-in-Chief), Seminars in Speech, Language and Hearing. New York: Brian C. Decker, 1980. Central Hearing Tests.   N. Lass, L.V. McReynolds, J.L. Northern, and D.E. Yoder (Eds.), Speech, Language and Hearing, Chapter 27. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1982; Second Edition, 1986. The Audiological Evaluation.   J.L. Northern (Ed.), Hearing Disorders, Chapter 2. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974; Second Edition, 1984. Tests of Central Auditory Function.   R.J. Roeser and M.P. Downs (Eds.), Auditory Disorders in School Children, Chapter 9. New York: Brian C. Decker, 1981; Second Edition, 1986. "Dichotic Listening in Children," D. Beasley (Ed.), Audition in Children: Methods of Study. San Diego: College-Hill Press, 1984. Central Auditory Tests.  J. Northern (Ed.), Chapter in Handbook of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Philadelphia: B.C. Decker Inc., 1987. Tests of Central Auditory Function.  R.J. Roeser and M.P. Downs (Eds.), Auditory Disorders in School Children. Revised Second Edition, 1988. Vestibular Physiology and Clinical Testing.  with M.L. Pensak, K.J. Lee (Ed.), Textbook of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. New York: Elsevier Science Publishing, 1989. Screening for Auditory Disorders in Psychiatric Hospital.   Bill Wilkerson Center Press, Nashville, Tennessee Symposium on Screening Children for Auditory Function. With J. Marlow, T. Engels, 1992. Fred Bess & James W. Hall III, (Eds.). Central Auditory Disorders.  with Susan Jerger, Ph.D., John Jacobson and Jerry L. Northern (Eds.), Diagnostic Audiology. Austin, TX, pro. ed, 1991. Central Auditory Testing. Chapter in  Jackler, R and Brackman D (Eds.), Neurotology, Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, MO, 1994. Tests of Central Auditory Processing.  Auditory Disorders in School Children, 3rd Edition, R. Roeser an M. Downs, (Ed.), Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc, New York, 1994. Central Auditory Processing, Chapter in Clinical Otology, Hughes and Pensak (Eds.), Thieme Stratton Pub, 1995. Diagnosing Central Auditory Processing Disorders in Children, Robert W. Keith, Ph.D., Chapter 17 in Audiology: Diagnosis, Treatment Strategies, and Practice Management, Roeser R., Hosford-Dunn H. And Valente M. (Eds.), Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers, New York, 1998. Remediation of Central Auditory Processing Disorders in Children. Chapter in Audiology: Diagnosis, Treatment Strategies, and Practice Management, Roeser R., Hosford-Dunn H. and Valente M. (Eds.), Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers, New York. Gail Whitelaw, Senior Author, 1998. How Behavioral Tests of Central Auditory Processing Influence Management. RW Keith and Rebekah Fallis Cunningham. Published in Children with Hearing Impairment: Contemporary Trends, Fred Bess, (Ed.), Bill Wilkerson Center Press, Nashville, TN, 1998. Diagnosing Central Auditory Processing Disorders in Children, Keith RW. Chapter in Audiology Diagnosis, Roeser R, Valente M, and Hosford-Dunn H (Eds), Thieme, New York, 2000. Central Auditory Processing Disorder. Chapter in Pediatric Audiological Medicine, Keith RW, Newton VE (Ed.), Whurr Publishers Limited, London, 2002. Clinical Tests.  Chapter 2 in Otolaryngology: The Essentials, Seiden A, Tami T, Pensak M, Cotton R and Gluckman J (Eds), Thieme, New York, 2002 Auditory Processing Disorders.  Chapter in Auditory Disorders in School Children:  Law-Identification-Remediation, Fourth Edition.  Ed R Roeser and M Downs.  Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers, New York.  2004. Central Auditory Processing Disorders:  Assessment and Remediation.  Chapter in Neurotology, co-authors Wileen Chang and RW Keith. Editors  Jackler RK and  Brackmann.  Mosby Year Book, Inc., Publisher, Chicago, Il. 2005 Assessment of Auditory Processing Disorders.  Chapter in Clinical Otology-Third Edition,  Editors Gordon B. Hughes and Myles L. Pensak.  Thieme Medical Publishers, Ind., 2006   PUBLICATIONS "The Use of Noise in Speech Audiometry," with H.P. Talis, Journal of Auditory Research Vol. 10, pp. 201-204 (1970). "Use of Low Pass Noise in Word Recognition Testing," with R. Cohen, Seminars in Hearing, Vol. 19, pp. 48-54 (1976). "An Effect of Linguistic Experience: Auditory Word Discrimination by Native and Non-Native Speakers of English," with I.B. Gat, Audiology, Vol. 17, pp. 339-346 (1978). "Filtered Word Testing in the Assessment of Children's Central Auditory Abilities," with S.M. Farrer, Ear and Hearing, Vol. 2, pp. 267-269 (1981). "Auditory Processing Abilities in Children with Previous Middle Ear Effusion," with K. Hofmann-Lawless and R.T. Cotton, Annals of Otolaryngology, Vol. 90, pp. 543-545 (1981). "Relationship Between Two Dichotic Listening Tests and the Token Test for Children," with V.L. Harris and K.K. Novak, Ear and Hearing, Vol. 4, pp. 278-282 (1983). "Interpretation of the Staggered Spondee Word (SSW) Test," Ear and Hearing, Vol. 4 (6), pp. 287-292 (1983). Editor, Special Issue on Dichotic Listening, Ear and Hearing, Vol. 4 (6), November/December 1983. "Central Auditory Dysfunction: A Language Disorder?", Topics in Language Disorders, Vol. 4, pp. 48-56 (1984). "Relationships Between Tests of Central Auditory Function and Receptive Language," with K. Novak, Seminars in Hearing, Vol. 5, pp. 243-250 (1984). "Performance of Adults on Directed Listening Tasks Using a Dichotic CV Test," Ear and Hearing, Vol. 6, pp. 270-273 (1985). "An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Identification and Assessment of Auditory Processing Disorders," with E. Stromberg, Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, Vol. 9, pp. 15-30 (1985). "Central Auditory Testing: Some Ongoing Questions," Human Communication (Canada), Vol. 9, pp. 145-150 (1985). "The Effects of Linguistic Background on SSW and Dichotic CV Scores," with S. Tawfik, B. Katbamna and L. Smolak, British Journal of Audiology, Vol. 20 (4), May 1986. "The Effect of Linguistic Background on Staggered Spondaic Word and Dichotic Consonant Vowel Scores," with B. Katbamna, S. Tawfik and L. Smolak, British Journal of Audiology, Vol. 21, pp. 21-26 (1987). "An Assessment Technique for Children with Auditory-Language Processing Problems," with D. Sanger and B. Maher, Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 20, pp. 265-280 (1987). "Auditory Processing Abilities in Children with Learning Disabilities: A Pilot Study," with B. Katbamna and J. Johnson, Hearsay, Fall/Winter, pp. 125-131. (1990). "Comparison of Spoken Language Samples in Auditory-Language Processing and Normal Children," with D. Sanger and M.J. Morris, The Rocky Mountain Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 5, pp. 3-9 (Fall 1989). "Effectiveness of Intervention in Children with Auditory Processing Disorders," with D. Sanger, B. Maher, S. Rucksdashel and T. Fortune, The Clinical Connection, Vol. 2 (2), pp. 8-9 (Winter 1989). "Comparison of SCAN Results with Other Auditory and Language Measures in a Clinical Population," with J. Rudy, P. Donahue and B. Katbamna, Ear and Hearing, Vol. 10 (6), pp. 382-386 (1989). "Language Learning Disabilities: A Central Auditory Perspective", Hearsay, pp. 80-87, (Fall/Winter 1990). "Lead Effects on Postural Balance of Children", with A. Bhattacharya, R. Shukla, R. Bornschein, and K. Dietrich, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 89, pp. 35-42 (1990). "A Comparison of the SSW and Language Test Results", with D. Sanger, I. Deshayes, and P. Stevens, Journal of Communication Disorders, (1990). "Central Auditory Function", with M. Pensak, Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, Vol. 24 (2), pp. 371-379 (April 1991). "Effects of Methylphenidate on Auditory Processing Abilities of Children with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder," with P. Engineer, The Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 24, pp. 630-636 (December, 1991). Lead Exposure and the Central Auditory Processing Abilities and Cognitive Development of Urban Children: The Cincinnati Lead Study Cohort at Age 5 Years, with K. N. Dietrich, P. A. Succop, O. G. Berger, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Vol. 14, pp. 51-56 (1992). Development and Standardization of SCAN-A:Test of Auditory Processing Disorders in Adolescents and Adults, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, Volume 6, Number 4, July, 1995. Validity of the auditory continuous performance test in differentiating central processing auditory disorders with and without ADHD. with C. Riccio, M. Cohen, G. Hynd, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 561-566, September 1996. Understanding of Central Auditory Processing Disorders: Diagnosis and Remediation, The Hearing Journal Vol. 49, No 11, November 1996. Reprinted with permission in Percepciones, Volume 2, Number 4, December 1996. Argentina. Also reprinted in Communication Matters, Journal of The Ohio Speech and Hearing Association, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 5-6, February, 1998. Guest Editor of Current Opinions in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Vol 5, No 5, October 1997. Vestibular Rehabilitation. Kristen M. Pennington and RW Keith. Current Opinions in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Vol 5, No 5, October 1997. Pp 324-329. Central Auditory Evaluation of Patients with Spasmodic Dysphonia. Michele L. Middleton, Keith M. Wilson and RW Keith. Ear Nose and Throat Journal, 710-715, October 1997. (Recommended as ABest of 97" by the ENT Journal Editor.). Central Auditory Processing in a Patient with Bilateral Temporal Lobe Tumors: A Case Report. Rebekah Fallis-Cunningham, Ronald E. Warnick and RW Keith. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, Vol. 9, 1998. Pp. 299-304. Guest Editor, Audiology section, Current Opinion in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vol. 6, No. 5, Oct 1998.   Clinical Issues in Central Auditory Processing Disorders.  Language Speech and Hearing Services  in the Schools, Vol 30, 339-334, 1999.   A Brief Introduction to the Auditory Fusion Test-Revised, Educational Audiology Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, Spring 1999, Robert W. Keith, Maxine Young, and Robert McCroskey.   Assessment of Auditory Processing in Children with ADHD and Language-Based Learning Impairment.  With MR Feniman, RW Keith and RF Cunningham.  Disturbios da Comunicacao, vol 11, number 1, 1999 pp 9-27.   The Auditory Continuous Performance Test as Part of an ADHD Test Battery.  With SR Briggs, JJ House, RW Keith and EM Weiler.  Disturbios da Comunicacao, vol 11(2): 193-206, June, 2000.    Development and Standardization of SCAN-C: Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Children-Revised.  Journal of American Academy of Audiology, vol 11(8): 438-445 Sept. 2000.   Is evaluating auditory processing disorders in your scope of practice?  The Hearing Journal, Vol 55. 10 and 14-17, 2002.    Standardization of the Time Compressed Sentence Test.  Journal of Educational Audiology, Vol 10, 15-20, 2002.   Advances in understanding of auditory processing disorders. Otolaryngologia (Poland), Volume 2 (Supplement 1) 20-22, 2003   Sound blending in the brain: An fMRI investigation.  Chiu, C.-Y. P., Coen-Cummings, M., Schmithorst, V. J., Holland, S. K., Nabors, L., Keith, R., Kramer, M., & Rozier, H. (2005).  Neuroreport Vol16, 883-886.   Development and standardization of single and double dichotic digit tests in the Malay language. Mukari, S.Z. and Keith, R.W. Submitted to Journal of International Audiology, Autumn, 2005   Relationship of Auditory Processing Categories as Determined by the Staggered Spondaic Word Test (SSW) to Speech-Language and Other Auditory Processing Test Results.  Gustafson, T.J. and Keith, R.W.  Journal of Educational Audiology  Volume12, 47-56,  2005. PRESENTATIONS Over 350 presentations at national and international meetings over the past 30 years.