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Auditory Processing disorder

How is it treated?

There is no cure for APD but there are a number of ways to help an affected child:

Clinic/hearing services:

  • hearing training programmes and strategies (exercises to help the child understand better when listening);
  • parental support programmes.

In the classroom:

  • sitting near the teacher's desk to aid lip reading and other cues;
  • asking the teacher to check that the child is looking and listening when instructions are given out, especially if the teacher walks around when talking;
  • the provision by the teacher of written information to older children which might be used to consolidate verbal instructions;
  • the reduction of classroom noise (more carpeting and soft furnishings, rubber feet on table and chair legs etc);
  • the provision of listening devices to make speech clearer in noisy situations - for example, a soundfield system in the main classroom or personal fm systems.

In the home:

  • encouraging the child to do any listening learning exercises as prescribed;
  • checking if the child is looking and listening when necessary;
  • the reduction of background noise in the home (such as TV or radio) when trying to communicate

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Medical text written September 2004 by the Institute for Hearing Research. Approved September 2004 by Professor D Moore, Director, MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, UK.

 

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