Very informative! APD

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Charlie Girl

www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/auditory.asp

What is auditory processing?
What causes auditory processing difficulty?
What are the symptoms of possible auditory processing difficulty?
How is suspected auditory processing difficulty diagnosed in children?
What current research is being conducted?
What treatments are available for auditory processing difficulty?
Where can I learn more about auditory processing?

[misty]

Charlie Girl

www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/articles/capd.html#specific

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What is central auditory processing disorder (CAPD)?

CAPD refers to the process of how the ears and brain take in auditory information. Children with CAPD can hear well, but they don't listen well. Their brains don't pick up the electrical signals coming from their ears. Children with CAPD have trouble listening, understanding speech, and developing language. Therefore they have difficulty in using auditory information to communicate and to learn. CAPD is a set of problems that occur in different listening tasks -- receiving, analyzing, organizing, storing, retrieving and using information based on auditory stimuli. These difficulties may become exacerbated in noisy or unfavorable acoustic environments.

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