Auditory processing disorder (APD) in adults can lead to communication problems, poor social skills, depression, and impacts on daily function similar to those experienced by people with hearing loss.

Auditory processing is the term used to describe what happens when your brain recognizes and interprets the sounds around you. Humans hear when energy that we recognize as sound travels through the ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Texas Tech Speech and Language Pathology program is partnering with the Condra School to study potential reasons many children are having a hard time with reading. The ...

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is when the brain cannot interpret sounds correctly. People may also refer to APD as central auditory processing disorder. People with APD may find it difficult to ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. When Lindsey Jorgensen’s husband, Kyle Jorgensen, returned from ...

DAVIE, Fla. (WPEC) — New numbers in this year show that 55% of Florida 3rd graders are at proper reading level for their age. While that’s a little better than last year, it still means almost half of ...

Use cutting-edge techniques to explore how synapses that relay information from the ear are changed by experience, and help us learn how to preserve and restore healthy hearing. Noise exposure or ...

“I think there is something wrong with his [her] hearing,” is a comment I often hear from parents of children on the spectrum, pertaining to the atypical auditory processing they notice in their loved ...

Who knew? The Youth Poet Laureate sensation who wowed us during President Biden’s inauguration contends with speech and auditory processing challenges. Never would I have thought this while listening ...

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is experiencing auditory processing disorder symptoms but "can work full duty in public office," his doctor said in a letter released Wednesday. Fetterman, the ...

Congenital amusia, often referred to as tone-deafness, is a neurodevelopmental disorder that specifically impairs the fine-grained discrimination of pitch. This condition affects a small but ...