Auditory Visual Integration

This auditory-visual integration assessment evaluates the processing and integration of information from both auditory and visual stimuli, revealing the ability to combine auditory and visual information to form a coherent perceptual experience. Difficulties or delays in integrating auditory and visual stimuli can impact learning and communication. Underlying cognitive processes such as attention, memory, and executive functioning are involved in multisensory integration.

The assessment can reveal how effectively the subject perceives and processes auditory and visual inputs and provides insights into the subject’s ability to maintain attention and focus when processing multisensory information.

Developmental or neurological conditions that might affect sensory integration include autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or specific learning disabilities. Integration difficulties affect the subject’s performance in activities such as reading, listening in noisy environments, and social interactions.

Matching results against age-matched normative data and correlating this with specific perceived difficulties with multisensory processing questions within the vision unlocked pre-examination questionnaire enables the optometrist to guide the development of targeted interventions or accommodations to support individuals with integration difficulties, particularly in educational or therapeutic settings.