“A multi-dimensional and integrated approach to communication disorders”
Auditory Services
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• Central Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation Study (CAPDES)
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- Auditory performance in spectral and temporal domains
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- Comprehensive report with ongoing counseling and follow-up
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- Phonemic Recognition Test
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- Phonemic Synthesis Test
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- Phonemic Synthesis Picture Test
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- Pitch Pattern Sequence Test
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- Relevant speech, language, and academic strategies
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- Speech-in-Noise Test
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- SCAN-3 Test of Auditory Processing
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- Gap Detection
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- Filtered Words
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- Staggered Spondaic Word (SSW) Test
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- Time Compressed Sentence Test
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• Hearing Evaluation Tests
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- Acoustic Reflex Test (neural integrity)
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- Denver Lip Reading Test
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- Hearing Sensitivity (air conduction, bone conduction)
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- Hearing-In-Noise Test (HINT)
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- Northwestern University-Children’s Perception of Speech (NU-CHIPS) Test
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- Oto-Acoustic Emissions Test (inner ear hair cell function)
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- Speech Discrimination Assessment
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- Speech Recognition Threshold
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- Tympanometry (middle ear test)
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- Utley Lip Reading Test
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- Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification (WIPI)
• Referrals For Amplification and Amplification Options
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- Assistive Listening Devices
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- Hearing Aid (amplification system) Evaluation
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• Cochlear Implants
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- Language and Listening Integration
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- Perception and Production
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- Functional Listening Evaluation
Speech-Language Services
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• Comprehensive Speech-Language Evaluation related to:
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- Auditory Developmental Disability
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- Auditory Processing, SCAN-3 Test of (screening subtests for children, adolescents, and adults)
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- Aphasia (loss of ability to understand or express speech)
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- Apraxia and Oral Motor Planning Difficulties
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
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- Central Auditory Processing Disorder
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- Denver Lip Reading Test
- Developmental Disorder
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- Dysphagia (Swallowing Disorder)
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- Phonological Processing
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- Ross Information Processing Assessment - Second Edition (RIPA-2)
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- Utley Lip Reading Test
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- Written Language Impairment
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• Speech Therapy: (Based on therapist availability)
- Aural Rehabilitation (e.g., speechreading, speech discrimination)
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder
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- Communication and Behavioral Problems
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- Dysphagia
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- Language and Cognitive Processing
(includes periodic middle ear screening & hearing screening)
- Oral Motor Planning and Fluency Problems
- Receptive - Expressive Language Disorder
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- Speech Articulation and Voice Disorders
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- Speech Sound Discrimination
Consultation Services
Dr. Hooks is available for consultation to families, as a means of facilitating test interpretation, implementation of goals, and the specialized strategies. This service is for a fixed fee, at a four-hour off-site maximum. Please call for more details regarding review of records, recommendations, and serving as an expert witness.
• Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Consultation
• Due Process Consultation
Specialized Auditory and Speech-Language Approaches
The following therapeutic tools have been integrated with traditional speech and language approaches (in alphabetical order):
• Fast ForWord® Scientific Learning Corporation)
- Neuroscience-based Training Modules
- Speech-Language and Audiology Consultation
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• Phonemic Synthesis Training (Katz and Fletcher)
- Blending Sounds into Words
- Speech Sound Decoding
- 15 Lessons (Modified by Dr. Hooks)
• Synchronous Oral Motor Exercises (Hooks, 2007)
- Timing, Accuracy, and Precision
- Auditory Attention and Organization
• Word-in-Noise (WIN)Therapy (Katz, 2006)
- Speech Sound Discrimination
- Ear-specific Strategies