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Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)  &  Auditory Processing Disorder
Central Auditory Processing Disorder, CAPD or Auditory Processing Disorder, APD?  What about ADD?  ADHD? Dyslexia?  Auditory Attention? Auditory Dyslexia?  What do they all have in common?  Answer: How we process what we hear! 


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Auditory Processing Disorder, and Central Auditory Processing Disorder (specific to the Central Auditory Nervous System), occurs when a child or adult hears sound or speech but cannot properly process what was heard.  Hearing acuity may be normal but the brain in its complex functions cannot make best use of the sound and interpret proper meaning and associations.  (C)APD can occur with peripheral hearing loss, with normal hearing, and may occur alone or concomitant with ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, autism, and other learning disabilities. 


Wouldn't it be great if every child has a team approach to really understand the unique ways they learn?  And if every parent, teacher and provider had a clear explanation of how this child's (C)APD interacts with learning, reading, speech and language development?  And if they could have  a child-specific therapy plan with priorities and exercises for immediate aural rehabilitation that can even start at home? With Dr. Jen's background in linguistics, speech perception and acoustics, childhood language development, and Neuro-Audiology, this has been the standard and goal for almost 20 years as a Pediatric Audiologist specializing in Auditory Processing Disorders! 


Adults-  when you understand how you hear your best, what your weaknesses are and your strengths, we can develop a plan so that APD doesn't have to frustrate work or home life any more!  Dr. Auer works to communicate with family members and employers and schools to make accommodations as necessary and bridge communication gaps! 


 Auditory Processing Disorders and Hearing Loss --  great info coming soon! 



Auditory Processing Disorder and Dyslexia  --great info coming soon! 


Auditory Processing Disorder and Auditory Attention and ADD AD(H)D  -- great info coming soon! 


Auditory Processing Disorder and Head Trauma  --great info coming soon! 

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      Symptoms and Risks for APD


  • frequent requests for repetition, "what/huh?"

  • appearing disorganized or easily distracted

  • forgetting spoken instruction

  • difficulty hearing in noisy places

  • not always alerting to name or instructions

  • not always associating sound with proper source

  • not always knowing which direction sound or speech came from

  • getting flustered in noisy places, cannot  

  • multitask

  • difficulty with rhythm, rhyme, and/or intonation including misunderstanding intonation cues, such as accented words and sarcasm

  • poor reading, phonetics, speech delay

  • dyslexia (hearing words and phonemes came first) poor spelling

  • recurrent or chronic middle ear infections or Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

  • other speech-language or learning disabilities

  • family history of hearing loss or above symptoms

  • concerns have been raised about AD(H)D or classroom behavior, attention or participation



 

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Customer Testimonials


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Dr. Jen evaluated our son and made sense out of years of speech delay and what was thought to be ADD but wasn't.  She helped us get to the root of our son's learning disability." 


Dawn S. 

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Jennifer is like a therapist!  It's not that I couldn't hear, I just couldn't remember!"


Linda P.

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Dr. Jen took great care of my elderly mother.  She always treated us with respect and just explained things really well so we knew what we could do to help mom."



Carol N.

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