Resource Links

I have included these links to help you in your understanding of Auditory Processing Disorder. I hope you find them helpful.   — Stephanie Long

Ms. O’Donnell’s helps her son Blake, along with Lois Kam Heymann, left, an auditory therapist.

Little-Known Disorder Can Take a Toll on Learning
“It’s been estimated that 2 to 5 percent of children have auditory processing disorder,” said Gail D. Chermak, an expert on speech and hearing sciences at Washington State University, “and it’s likely that many cases have gone undiagnosed or misdiagnosed…”
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LD Online 

• Central Auditory Processing Disorder: When is Evaluation Referral Indicated?
• Auditory Processing Disorder in Children
• Auditory Processing Disorder and Dyslexia
• Basic Principles of APD Management: Thinking Outside the Box
• Understanding APD in children
• Basic Principles of APD Management
• Living and Working with a Central Auditory Processing Disorder
• Basic Principles of APD Management: Thinking Outside the Box
• Understanding APD in children
• Basic Principles of APD Management
• Living and Working with a Central Auditory Processing Disorder

Research on Auditory Processing Disorder

• Northwestern University Research: “Brain Volts”

Phonak Information

• FM systems: Building the Link between Hearing, Understanding and Learning (pdf)

ASHA

• Understanding APD in Children
• American Speech Language Hearing Association

NCAPD

• National Coalition on Auditory Processing Disorders

NIDCD

• Auditory Processing Disorder in Children
• NIDCD Information Clearinghouse