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A Simple Solution to Help Auditory Sensitivity

A Simple Solution to Help Auditory Sensitivity

by Bonnie Landau | Oct 7, 2018 | Accommodations, Auditory Processing, Blog, Classroom Help, Coping Strategies, Sensory Processing

Many people with APD (auditory processing disorder) suffer from hyperacusis (sensitivity to sound) and difficulty understanding in noisy situations (auditory figure-ground issues). For child this is especially difficult because school is filled with all sorts of loud...
Accommodations for Students with Auditory Processing Disorder

Accommodations for Students with Auditory Processing Disorder

by Bonnie Landau | Apr 15, 2018 | Accommodations, Auditory Processing, Blog, Classroom Help, Learning Disability

Help for learning disabilities are often called accommodations. Accommodations are ways of modifying environment to assist with overcoming the challenges of a learning disability. For example, if a person has difficulty hearing when competing noise is present,...
What Causes Auditory Processing Disorder?

What Causes Auditory Processing Disorder?

by Bonnie Landau | Nov 30, 2017 | Auditory Processing, Blog, Learning Disability

Audiologists have not determined exactly what causes auditory processing disorder (APD), although there has been some consensus that there are two primary types: Acquired APD: The child was born with normal auditory function, but at some point the hearing system was...
The 5 Subtypes of Auditory Processing Disorder

The 5 Subtypes of Auditory Processing Disorder

by Bonnie Landau | Nov 18, 2017 | Auditory Processing, Blog

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is one of the lesser known disabilities, but more and more it is being identified as the root cause of learning challenges. The most common type of APD is difficulty understanding language in the presence of competing sounds. There...
Humming as a Distraction

Humming as a Distraction

by Bonnie Landau | Apr 28, 2017 | Attention Problems, Auditory Processing

Q: My daughter is in 7th grade and she has a habit that is really causing problems socially. When doing independent work in class, she constantly hums. She also does this when doing her homework at home. She’s done this for as long as we can remember, but now in...
Why Auditory Processing Disorder Makes Reading Difficult

Why Auditory Processing Disorder Makes Reading Difficult

by Steve Weed | Feb 28, 2016 | Auditory Processing, Blog

Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is not an issue of poor hearing, but an issue with how the brain interprets the nerve signals from the ear. APD challenges are most often seen with spoken speech since the differences between speech pronunciation can be subtle and...
55% of Head Injury Patients Have CAPD

55% of Head Injury Patients Have CAPD

by Bonnie Landau | Jul 13, 2015 | Auditory Processing, Blog, TBI

This is incredible! I just read this article in The Hearing Journal that states this statistic: 55% of patients with acquired traumatic brain injury have central auditory processing disorder. The article is written from the perspective of testing the auditory system...
Social Media Makes Kids Feel Less Alone

Social Media Makes Kids Feel Less Alone

by Bonnie Landau | Jul 15, 2012 | Auditory Processing, Blog

Last week I read a story that brought tears to my eyes because it involved changing the perceptions of a very young girl, Grace. Almost 11 years old, Grace has been diagnosed with auditory processing disorder (APD). Her parents have done a lot to try and help her, but...

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