Language Processing Disorders

Auditory/Language Processing

What is Auditory Processing?

This term I used to describe what happens when your brain recognizes and interprets sounds around you. If your child has a “disorder” in this area, it means that something is affecting the interpretation of the information.

How can this affect children?

Some children have difficulty with decoding skills needed for reading, difficulty differentiating sounds in speech although their hearing is normal. This can be particularly difficult in noisy environments and information becomes more complex, for example; the classroom.

What causes this?

The cause is unknown. It may be associated with dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, autism, language impairments or a developmental delay. 

What kinds of things can I Look for in my child?

• Additional time needed to answer questions/li>
• Difficulty reading, comprehending and spelling/li>
• Appears to have poor listening skills/li>
• Difficulty carryout multistep commands

How can a speech pathologist help?

An experienced SLP at our facility can teach your child strategies to compensate for his/her weak areas. We can increase your child’s rate of responding, assist with recalling information, attending to details and decoding words which is a skill needed for fluent reading. Oral and reading comprehension strategies will also be a goal, if needed and we can work on increasing your child’s vocabulary level. We work in conjunction with the child’s teacher, if necessary to incorporate academic goals within our therapy session.

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