Is it possible to have auditory processing disorder without problems with articulation?

[TotalChaos]

DS's speech sounds are fine, but he ticks all the other boxes as it were with APD. Also wondering whether APD was commonly present with ASD.

TIA.

DS's speech is fine, really clear in fact, but he has auditory processing difficulties. He's labelled with "language disorder". He doesn't have ASD though he has a few traits.

My dd has a language disorder and recently AS dx. She also has APD and sensory difficulties as well.

Thanks Castles and Blossomhill. Can I ask what your DD's articulation was like at around 4 ish BH?

Between 3 and 4 not brilliant to be honest. They were looking at dyspraxia back then. Seemed to disappear over night now as the one thing dd does have is beautiful speech!

dd1 (3.6) is ASD, and I suspect an auditory processing disorder. Her articulation is fine (well, good for a 3 year old), and she can say anything. meaning lags behind with her, and there is definitely a language delay/disorder.

How very interesting that her articulation improved so suddenly!

I know it is but then dd continues to baffle us all even now....

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I would say that it would be possible to have them separately. Ds1 certaintly has a lot of difficulties understanding language, we have to teach him things by rote over and over before he grasps even simple concepts. I do wonder if it's a more extreme version of what I have. About once or twice a day, or once or twice a month, dependant on how things are, I lose understanding of what someone is saying. I hear perfectly, but it's as though the words are in a foreign language.

Thanks Bullet. Is it a completely random switching off? Just I have big trouble understanding anything DH say about house stuff like boilers/pipes etc - more difficulties than even a techo f*ckwit like me w=should have in understanding.

Mine has a bit of articulation problem but nothing major. He is also an aspie and has dyspraxia and S&L difficulty - although this is only apparant to a SALT not the outside world (does that make sense?) The articulation has never been identified as a problem.

All the best.

Sorry TC, just read your reply. Yes it's completely random and completely unrelated to what's being said. Eg when Ds1 was having his blood tests done the nurse asked me to turn him round. First of all I heard "can you turn him round?" but the words didn't make sense, I may just as well have been hearing "flurble gurble snurble". It's infrequent enough not to bother me.

been thinking about you today on this topic Bullet - it reminds me of Donna Williams who is affected by speech turning into blurble blurble about IIRC 20% of the time! Funnily enough in that sort of official situation I am so anxious that I switch off to instructions iyswim, so things need to be repeated. Food for thought...

Thanks for your info too flyingmum.