Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPD)

Hearing Health Foundation’s Emerging Research Grants (ERG) program awards grants to researchers studying central auditory processing disorders (CAPD), including:

  • Normal and abnormal auditory processing

  • Creating testable models of auditory processing disorders

  • Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of CAPD

  • Genetics of CAPD

  • Development of screening tools and diagnostic tests for CAPD including behavioral, physiologic and neuroimaging

  • Language, music, learning, and communication issues related to CAPD

ERG awards are for up to $50,000 per year, one year in length in the first instance, and renewable for a second year. Find more information below about CAPD projects awarded a grant in prior years.

Researchers interested in applying for an Emerging Research Grant are encouraged to review our grant policy. Please also check our ERG page and sign up for grant alerts for application cycle dates and specific grant opportunities available this year.


Recent CAPD Grantees & Projects


Hearing Health Foundation is grateful to Royal Arch Research Assistance for their ongoing support of our Emerging Research Grants in the area of CAPD. For a full list of ERG scientists funded by Royal Arch Research Assistance, their projects, and related publications and additional grants, please see the ERG Royal Arch Research Assistance page here.