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At a loss... What to do next...ED kid
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<blockquote data-quote="soapbox" data-source="post: 596482" data-attributes="member: 13003"><p>Hmmm...</p><p>What did the audiologist test for? hearing? classical Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)? or the full spectrum of APDs?</p><p>One of the things that drove my difficult child completely around the bend was the "noise" at school.</p><p>And he started out with a couple of exceptional teachers with VERY well-managed classrooms.</p><p>The noise? Paper rustling, the heat register had a hum, pencils get dropped, the cough, the sound of someone getting a Kleenex... basically, "white noise". </p><p>The problem? He couldn't "hear" the teacher. In reality, the problem was that he heard everything... including fire engines 5 miles away (literally). He had major difficulty making out the teacher's voice. And having put so much effort into just "hearing", he had no brain power left for processing those instructions.</p><p>Plus he came home from school daily, totally exhausted.</p><p> </p><p>If the audiology results don't specifically note test areas like "auditory figure ground" and "auditory discrimination", then you might want to look into testing for the full spectrum of APDs.</p><p> </p><p>For the record... Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) are not uncommon in kids who are on the spectrum. But you don't have to be on the spectrum to have Auditory Processing Disorders (APD).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soapbox, post: 596482, member: 13003"] Hmmm... What did the audiologist test for? hearing? classical Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)? or the full spectrum of APDs? One of the things that drove my difficult child completely around the bend was the "noise" at school. And he started out with a couple of exceptional teachers with VERY well-managed classrooms. The noise? Paper rustling, the heat register had a hum, pencils get dropped, the cough, the sound of someone getting a Kleenex... basically, "white noise". The problem? He couldn't "hear" the teacher. In reality, the problem was that he heard everything... including fire engines 5 miles away (literally). He had major difficulty making out the teacher's voice. And having put so much effort into just "hearing", he had no brain power left for processing those instructions. Plus he came home from school daily, totally exhausted. If the audiology results don't specifically note test areas like "auditory figure ground" and "auditory discrimination", then you might want to look into testing for the full spectrum of APDs. For the record... Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) are not uncommon in kids who are on the spectrum. But you don't have to be on the spectrum to have Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). [/QUOTE]
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