What Can I Do About Auditory Processing Problems?
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Written by Dianne Craft, MA, CNHP
www.TOSMagazine.com
“When my son reads, he struggles so much because he has to sound out the same word over and over again in the story.”
“When I give my son three simple directions, he only does one . . . if that! I’m sure he has an auditory processing problem.”
How the Brain Processes
What is happening when bright, hardworking kids and teenagers have to expend so much energy to process things auditorily? For all of us, the left auditory brain hemisphere is supposed to learn new material and then transfer it to the right visual hemisphere for long-term storage and easy retrieval. When a child or teenager is struggling in this area, the hemispheres are not communicating as they should, as if there is a “disconnect.”
What Are the Symptoms of an Auditory Processing Problem?
When a child is experiencing a significant auditory processing problem, the child/teenager almost always has difficulty with these areas of learning: (more…)