Auditory processing disorder (APD), also known as Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), is a condition that impacts the brain’s ability to filter and interpret sounds. People with APD can hear, but have a hard time receiving, organizing, and processing auditory information. APD often emerges in childhood.

While APD isn’t too well known, it is estimated that 7 percent of children have some type of auditory processing difficulty. Do everyday instructions, requests, and questions seem to bounce off your child? Like he or she is living in a bubble that is impenetrable by oral directions? If your child responds most of the time with a blank stare or “Wait, what?” then you know what we’re talking about.

Or perhaps you’ve noticed this yourself — that the world feels “garbled,” like you’re listening to a cell phone call with the signal cutting in and out?

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