Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)

Research

Auditory processing disorder(APD) doesn’t define one particular disorder but rather is a description of functional deficits. A major characteristics of APD is that sufferers struggle to comprehend spoken language in competing noising environment (both spoken and background noise) (Chermak, 2002). Children with APD have difficulty understanding rapid or degraded speech, have difficulty following complex oral instructions, frequently ask for repetitions, say ‘‘what’’ and ‘‘huh’’ a lot, have trouble paying attention, are easily distracted, often misunderstand messages, and find it difficult to localise sound. They also often present related deficits in auditory memory, phonologic awareness, reading, and academic achievement(Chermak, 2002).

Reference

Chermak, G. D. “Deciphering Auditory Processing Disorders in Children.” Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America 35, no. 4 (August 2002): 733–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-6665(02)00056-7.