Ann Morrison, Ph.D.
effects/59/mp3/607974_SOUNDDOGS__su.m p3 effects/59/mp3/607974_SOUNDDOGS__su.m p3 /229550_SOUNDDOGS__vo.mp3 /229550_SOUNDDOGS__vo.mp3 What are the people saying in the clips? If this was the way your brain processed language, how would it impact your daily life?
How did Clay’s APD present itself? What did Clay’s family think? What was Clay’s family’s response? How was Clay’s APD diagnosed?
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) describes APD as occurring when difficulties in one or more of the following areas are observed: auditory discrimination; sound localization; auditory pattern recognition; decreased auditory performance in the presence of background noise, competing acoustic signals and/or degraded acoustic signals (ASHA, 1996)
(also called Central Auditory Processing Disorder) 1. Auditory processing disorders take place in the brain, not in the ear 2. Often impacts a student’s phonological awareness which is one of the primary skills used in sounding words out and spelling
Assessing APD Assessing APD nyQ nyQ What are some of the key distinctions that need to be made in order to diagnose APD? What other disabilities can it appear to be?
Can present as other disabilities such as phonological processing, hearing impairment, and autism spectrum disorders Requires assessment by an audiologist and specialist in speech and language disorders Requires specialized speech and language therapy for remediation Impacts multiple areas of a person’s life