Auditory processing

[goingroundthebend4]

Can anyone tell me more , think ds might have this as he struggles with what he hears to convert into action.Has to be cued in with his name to listern to things

DD3 has auditory processing problems.

Not sure what you would like to know. DD is now 16, still has some problems, but manages to have a good quality of life and laughs off any faux pas she makes due to her many issues. (dypraxia, dyslexia, auditory processing, memory issues, etc, etc.)

Just as an example of how her auditory processing affected her: When she was younger, I could never say a general instruction, such as "go and get dressed" because it was all too much for her. I used to have to say, get your pants on, wait for her to do that, then "get your vest on", wait again, once done, "get your socks on Etc, etc,....... Life was a lot slower going than for her peers and siblings!

Lots of things we had to break down so that she could understand it. How old is your DS? If he is at school it can be really frustrating for them. DD used to hate things like "quick maths" because she could do it, but would still be processing question number 1 when the teacher was going onto number 5!! She hated it and we really had to make a fuss at the school about this. They would get the class to read out how many they ahd right and DD only ever got the first one, because she took so long to get it into her head and work it out, then she would have the humiliation of having to announce this to the class. Only discovered when she repeatedly had tummy ache on Friday mornings!

Sorry, don't know if this is of any use, if you ahve specific questions I will try to help you.

thank you
sorry i should have said ds has severe oral dyspraia and verbal dyspraix, hypermoblity low muscle tone etc.

But has been noticed just with spoken instructions he struggles to understand some yet when signing used to support the spoken language he scores more to more to his actual age in receptive languages

Ds is 5.6 in a speech unit and teacher has said in annual report that he struggles to follow instructions often tunes everyone,

out and needs his name first sometimes touching and then can still forget.Am wondering about mentioing the possiablity of Auditory processing as a possiable issue along with all his others .We do know his hearing is just within normal one side and just outside normal range in the other so not sur eif this is complicating it.But he hears better at home than he does when out

if your ds has a hearing loss as well as apd the ndcs might be able to offer some advice. You might also want to look into phonak edulink and soundfield systems whether he has apd or not they may be of use, but obviously funding dependent.

There is a strong link between severe oral/verbal dyspraxia and auditory processing problems.

DD3 also attended a specialist school for these and they were really good at picking up all sorts of things. It may be worth mentioning it and seeing what they think.

DD had a problem with things more at school because of all the auditory input going into overdrive, so could not seem to pin point what was being aimed at her, and what was general noise, or even directed at other children. The school also had to tap her on the shoulder if something was directed at her, so that she could "block out" other things and concentrate on what she needed to.

Obviously if the hearing is a concern then this would also explain your DS not being able to distinguish some things as well as he could, maybe.

thank you for replys

had chat with his teacher and salt and they do think could be a possiable but they are thinking it is looking more like his hearing and are going to request that he has full hearing screen to see just what he is missing out.