Auditory processing disorder (APD), also known as central auditory processing disorder, is marked by difficulties understanding speech in noise, struggling to follow rapid or complex instructions, and having a tough time processing auditory information correctly.
APD happens due to a disconnect between the ears and the brain; sound is processed and interpreted incorrectly or slowly as a result.
If you’re reading this, perhaps you’ve noticed some struggles hearing when you’re in a busy and loud environment, or when someone calls to you from another room, you can’t quite understand what they just said. APD could be what’s giving you hearing challenges – but thankfully, with the help of a hearing test, it’s remarkably easy to treat.
How Do You Treat APD?
With the help of a comprehensive hearing assessment, we can test your hearing and see whether hearing loss is the cause of your hearing processing difficulties.
With APD, your brain might accidentally scramble the words you hear: instead of “What time is dinner?” one might hear, “What chime is thinner?”
We begin your APD assessment by talking about you, your age, current hearing ability, family history, and speech concerns. By getting to know you beyond your hearing, we can further pinpoint the causes for your APD and see how we can help you.
Your APD assessment will include various tests that will look to understand:
- Your comprehension of speech in background noise
- Your capacity to fill in gaps in speech with logical words
- Ability to understand speech that happens simultaneously in a space
- Ability to distinguish between similar speech sounds (like “cow” and “how”)
- Ability to identify the direction of a sound and where it’s coming from in a room
There are various language therapy programs that can help you boost your communication skills and comprehension improvement strategies, which could be the key to helping you treat your APD.
With our help in equipping you with the tools and strategies necessary to navigate your APD, you can take control of your hearing health and enhance your auditory processing capabilities.
How Hear in Texas Can Help
We’re more than happy to help you understand your potential APD struggles with our professional and efficient hearing care services. With an APD assessment, we’ll help you learn more about your hearing and what you need to succeed.
Our comprehensive hearing assessments take up to an hour to complete but provide you with expansive and detailed answers about your current level of hearing and where you need help. If APD is on your radar, we can take a specialized look at your ears to see whether it’s a potential diagnosis.
Simply request a callback, and we’ll get in touch to answer your burning questions about hearing care and APD.
Don’t want to wait? Call us at (830) 360-2000.
