When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder

by Teri James Bellis

Basically, what this means is that your hearing itself is fine, but what gets into the ear somehow gets jumbled by the time it gets to the brain.

But many children with APD continue to have problems into adulthood, especially if the disorder goes undiagnosed and untreated.

However, even with such strategies in place, the individual may simply have to accept that he will have difficulty in some situations.

When we refer to APD, we are referring to primarily an “input” disorder that affects specifically the way auditory information is processed at a variety of levels in the central auditory nervous system.

A child's inability to perform invented spelling at a young age may be an early “red flag” of an APD.

How we speak is highly dependent on what we hear.

Hearing testing should be the first step in determining why a child is not developing speech