What Parents Should Know About Auditory Processing Disorder

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What Parents Should Know About Auditory
Processing Disorder
Auditory Processing Disorder, also known as
Central Auditory Processing Disorder, is
basically a hearing problem that affects many
school-aged children. Children with this
condition experience a hard time hearing the
small sound difference in words, even when the
sounds are loud and clear enough to be heard.
They are not able to understand what is being
spoken to them only because of a lack of
coordination between their ears and brain. For
example, if Childcare teachers say Look at the
cows over there kids having APD may hear like
Look at the clown on the chair. They even find
it difficult to understand where sounds are
coming from. Although this condition has some
negative effects on a childs education and
development, it is not exactly a learning
disability. 
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• Different Symptoms of Auditory Processing
  Disorder
• You may find some or many of these symptoms in
  your kids if they are suffering from Auditory
  Processing Disorder.
• Difficulty in comprehending and remembering
  language-related tasks
• No problem in interpreting or recalling
  non-verbal sounds or music
• Demonstrate slow processing of thoughts and ideas
  and find it difficult to express the same

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• Misspelling and mispronunciation of
  similar-sounding words, omission of syllables,
  confusion between similar-sounding words, like
  three and tree jab and job bash and batch, etc
• Shows confusion regarding figurative speech like
  similes and metaphors
• Gets easily distracted by background noises
• Find it difficult in focussing on or remembering
  oral lectures or directions
• Often ignores people if engrossed
• Often asking what? even if they have heard what
  has been told to them

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Main Causes of Auditory Processing Disorder APD
can occur due to many reasons. Here you can find
some of them Acquired APD It can be caused by
any damage to or dysfunction of the central
auditory nervous system. Heredity and genetics
You will be surprised to know that sometimes it
can be transmitted through generations or can
result from a difficult birth.  Developmental
APD - Child Care Anaheim CA teachers have
observed that sometimes developmental delays or
seizures might lead to APD in kids. Glue ears or
Otitis media  Kids who develop glue ears during
infancy or early childhood, may be at the risk of
developing APD. Glue ears is when the middle
ear gets filled with glue-like substance and that
dampens the vibrations made by the sound.
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• Available treatments for APD?
• Daycare teachers follow certain procedures and
  strategies to help their students with APD learn
  better.
• Showing rather than explaining works better. 
• Use various sensory modalities like handouts,
  presentations.
• Reduce background noise, whenever possible.
• Make them sit in the front or near you so that
  they can hear better.
• During the assessment, let them sit in a place
  that is away from any distractions.
• Use voice modulations, alter pace, and stress on
  the keywords while talking.
• Give them some time to process the information
  and respond.
• Encourage them constantly verbalize the concepts,
  vocabulary words, rules, etc.
• If you are dealing with kids having APD, more
  than everything else, please be patient with
  them. Your positive attitude towards them will
  encourage them to perform better.

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