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‡Bianca Pinheiro Lanzetta-Valdo et al, "Auditory Processing Assessment in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: An Open Study Examining Methylphenidate Effects," International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology 21, no. 1 (2017): 72-78, https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1572526.

A small study of twelve children with ADHD published in the ‘International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology’ found treating children with the ADHD medication methylphenidate (often prescribed under brand names like Ritalin and Concerta) for six months improved and even reversed‡ symptoms of APD.

† "When They Respond ‘What?’ ‘Huh?’ It Could Be Auditory Processing Disorder," ‘ADHD Weekly’, February 2, 2023 https://chadd.org/adhd-weekly/when-th... -auditory-processing-disorder/

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APD is common in children with ADHD†, according to Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), a program funded by the CDC.

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a learning difference that affects how the brain receives, organizes, and interprets sound. People with ADP don't have hearing loss. Instead, their ears just aren't in sync with their brain, causing difficulty following directions, listening to multiple speakers, filtering out background noise, discerning the difference between similar-sounding words, and responding to…

…have normally allotted. This estimate also doesn't give me any buffer time in case I run into traffic or a friend at the store, both which can often occur. So if I pad my schedule with more time just in case, I realize that I need an hour to go to the store. By planning backward, I've learned to build more realistic time estimates into my day so I'm not late for my next activity or I don't fall behind schedule.

…evening out, replant a section of my garden, run an errand, or go to the grocery store in a half hour. By planning backward in the instance of food shopping for example, I'll realize that it takes twenty minutes to drive to the store, five minutes to park, twenty minutes to find the items I need, and five minutes to check out, all of which brings me to fifty minutes total—nearly double the amount of time I would…

…don't have thirty days to complete that personal project because we're working in an office three days a week, are on vacation for one week, and have two holidays in the middle of the month, whick means we have only seven days instead of thirty.
In my mind, I believe that I can do just about anything in thirty minutes. But if I pause and visualize the necessary steps, I often realize that I can't get ready for an…

Instead of focusing on how much time you have before needing to be somewhere or finishing a task, sit down and think about exactly which steps you need to take before that event or deadline. Our ADHD brains rarely think, “Wow, it's going to take a lot of time, so I'd better get on it.” Instead, we jump to, “It's not due for thirty days, so I have plenty of time.” But when we plan backward, we might discover that we…