Auditory Processing Disorder Child and Family Issues

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to as APD among most professionals), I struggled to understand APD and searched for answers to help him.
That’s when we decided to become knowledgeable about Central Auditory Processing Disorder because my son Austin, who is now 10, was diagnosed with CAPD when he was 7. When he was diagnosed 3 years ago, I had no idea what CAPD was. Of course, I was concerned because I didn’t know how this disorder was going to affect him. What was his future going to be like? The first thing I did was call a dear friend of mine to cry on her shoulder because I felt Susan was very comforting especially since she has had experience dealing with a child with CAPD for many years. Her daughter was diagnosed at the age of 8 and is now in her junior year of high school and doing very well. Susan assured me that Austin was going to be fine. Susan then coached me on how to deal with the school district to get Austin the help he needed. So with Susan’s help and guidance, I started doing my own ...

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to play with children older than himself, and he would cry whenever we went to music class or other places with a lot of stimulation and noise with these hints and his teacher’s urging I got him evaluated by the early intervention committee and he was approved for 3 days of 45 minute home services for speech therapy. Austin’s speech therapy involved working on articulation; phonics; and playing games. After several months of speech therapy, the therapist told me I should get Austin’s hearing tested. It seemed whenever she spoke with him, he would reply “what”. It turns out, he responded with “what” because everyone, including me, would say “what” whenever we could not understand ...

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