Auditory+Processing+Disorder

**[|APD][|link][|Link] Auditory Processing Disorder** Auditory processing is a term used to describe what happens when your brain recognizes and interprets the sounds around you. Children with APD often do not recognize subtle differences between sounds in words, even though the sounds themselves are loud and clear. For example, the request "Tell me how a chair and a couch are alike" may sound to a child with APD like "Tell me how a couch and a chair are alike." First he hears words. Then based upon his memory of similar sounds, he places the sounds of the words in context and decodes the meaning that is being conveyed. In a child with a **Central Auditory Processing Disorder** there is a break somewhere in this decoding process. The child isn’t able to derive the correct meaning from words because he cannot accommodate the different distortions of different speakers. Children who have this difficulty are able to hear well, but have trouble paying attention to, remembering, and utilizing auditory information for academic and social purposes. **Central Auditory Processing Disorder**s may have a very negative impact on their language acquisition, social skill development, and school performance. In addition, children with **Central Auditory Processing Disorder**s show many of these characteristic deficits in school performance: Treatment Standard treatment focuses on remedial help and splinter skills to expand upon the child’s strengths.//Auditory trainers,Environmental modifications,//Exercises to improve //language-building// skills ,//Auditory memory enhancement,Auditory integration training.// Teachers can help by talking to the student and making sure that the student has fully understood what has been said. The teacher can also have the student repeat back what he has heard and then help that student correct it. CAPD is rarely diagnoised. The children are usually diagnoised with something like Autism or ADHD. Very few counslers or teachers have ever heard of APD.
 * Problems in School**
 * Difficulty expressing themselves
 * Difficulty understanding language
 * Poor reading, writing, and spelling
 * Poor phonics
 * Poor speech sound discrimination
 * Difficulty taking notes
 * Difficulty learning foreign languages
 * Poor short-term memory
 * Social or behavioral problems
 * Poor language skills
 * Poor academic skills.
 * Treatment**
 * How Teachers can help**
 * Prevalnace of APD**