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,... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
by Bonnie Landau | Dec 11, 2016 | Assessments, Autism, Neuroplasticity
Q: My 4 year old daughter’s pediatrician noted some developmental delays and referred us to a psychologist for a full assessment. She had 14 ear infections form 6 months to 3 years of age, and our family has a history of auditory processing disorder (APD) and I...