While most hearing losses don’t cause any physical pain, they can have social and psychological affects, like breakdown of ...

Introduction A meta-analysis of published articles is usually done using standard scales and checklists. Several such scales and checklists are reported in the literature. However, there is little ...

Depending on the sensory processing disorder (SPD), the best assistive devices for specific conditions can range from low-tech options to more advanced ones. Either way, the devices should engage the ...

WORCESTER — When Matthew Cronin was a young child he was diagnosed with auditory processing disorder, a learning disability that makes it difficult for him to hear and process information quickly, ...

As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

Can anybody become a singer? It’s a question that’s been debated by many, probably since the first time someone tried to carry a tune. Weighing the value of learned skill versus innate ability is ...

OBJECTIVE: To verify the scientific evidence on the association between Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Central Auditory Processing Disorder in children, aiming to answer the following research ...

Recent headlines in the United Kingdom earlier this year attributed noise-canceling headphones as a possible culprit in rising rates of auditory processing disorder (APD) and hearing problems in ...

Hysell V Oviedo receives funding from NIH. Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information into parallel channels – linguistic, emotional and musical – and acts as a biological ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (7News) — Dr. Jacquelyn Lovitt and Dr. Candice Ortiz-Hawkins joined Good Morning Washington for Better Hearing Month to talk about hearing loss and the importance of working with a ...

For Jessica Sunter, who developed the condition after a concussion five years ago, APD means the ears can hear and take in the sounds around you, but the information the brain gets doesn’t make sense.