Clinical Expertise is Core to an Evidence-Based Approach to Auditory Processing Disorder

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.