Inconsistent or inappropriate responses to spoken requests for informationįrequent requests for repetition and/or rephrasing of information, saying “what” or “huh” oftenĭifficulty or inability to interpret speech cues that underlie emotion, humour and shades of meaning in speechĭifficulty maintaining attention, poor listening skills, easily distracted Slowness in processing and responding to auditory information Some of the difficulties associated with APD are:ĭifficulty following multiple or lengthy oral instructionsĭifficulty understanding speech in competition, for example, in the presence of background noiseĭifficulty hearing when a signal is not clear or is ‘degraded’ (for example, soft, quick or distorted speech, different accents, phone conversation) What are the difficulties associated with APD? Throughout assessment a child should be observed for the presence of undiagnosed additional difficulties that may manifest difficulties similar to APD in addition to APD or impede a differential diagnosis. Audiologists diagnosing APD should have been educated and trained in the area of APD, including the administration and interpretation of APD tests. APD is known to affect around 3-5% of school-age children.Īudiologists are the only professionals qualified to diagnose APD. APD is sometimes referred to as central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) however APD is the currently accepted term and refers to the same diagnosis. And this means it’s hard for children to listen properly when there’s background noise or the sound is muffled.ĪPD can look like a hearing loss, an intellectual disorder, a language problem, a learning difficulty or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and although it isn’t any of these disorders it can co-exist with them. These difficulties make it hard for children to work out what a sound is, where the sound came from and when the sound happened. Children with APD have normal peripheral hearing, but difficulty recognising and interpreting the sounds they hear. APD is a problem with the way the ears and brain work together to understand sound.
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