Welcome to Portland APD...
a practice devoted to the diagnosis and
treatment of Auditory Processing Disorders
If you have come to this
page, you are probably concerned about your child. Maybe
someone has suggested that auditory processing may be the
problem, and you are just wondering...
Is an APD evaluation
appropriate for your child? Look at the
list to the right. These descriptions are
typical for children with Auditory Processing Disorders.
Do
these characteristics sound familiar? Then testing for
Auditory Processing Disorders could be the next logical
step, and you have come to the right
place. |
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Does your child...
Have "normal" hearing on audiograms?
The audiologist says that hearing is "within normal limits."
But also acts as though doesn't hear well?
Says "huh?" or "what?" a lot.
Have difficulty understanding or
hearing in noisy situations?
(Classrooms are noisy.)
Often "mis-hears" oral instructions or comments?
When asked to do three tasks, only manages to do one, and then appears to forget to do the rest?
Have difficulty learning to read?
Ends up not completing tasks on time?
Took longer than other children to learn to talk?
Had unintelligible speech after two years of age?
Was jaundiced at birth?
Had a history of ear infections? |
What is APD?