Dyslexia, but auditory Several months after the kebabs incident, I was diagnosed with auditory processing disorder (APD). My audiologist once described it as similar to dyslexia, but auditory.

For Jessica Sunter, who developed the condition after a concussion five years ago, APD means the ears can hear and take in the sounds around you, but the information the brain gets doesn’t make ...

So, after reading the BBC article, I contacted 11 experts in audiology and auditory processing disorder to get their reactions. I also scoured evidence-based medical journals and spoke with five ...

This condition is called auditory processing disorder (APD). It is when the brain struggles to understand sounds or words, and in particular cannot differentiate them against background noise.

Finding out a child has Auditory Processing Disorder, or APD, can be a tremendous relief for parents who are frustrated they can’t seem to get to the bottom of their child’s struggles. But ...

Increasing the expression of a protein responsible for maintaining neuron health led to better-than-normal processing of auditory information, according to a new study. The findings open the door ...

Individuals with Central Auditory Processing Disorder can often have the same types of behavioral problems as individuals with ADD. Individuals with Misophonia often have difficulty paying ...

Auditory processing disorder affects how the brain interprets sounds. Learn the symptoms, diagnosis process, and treatment options.

This Collection welcomes original research articles from Psychology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience focusing on all aspects of auditory processing and perception and associated disorders.

Central Auditory Processing (CAP) can be best described as “How the brain interprets auditory input from the ears” (Bellis, T.J. 2001). The brain’s role is to accurately process the ...