Does your child have learning difficulties but no one knows why? #squidoo #ld #apd
We were lucky, or perhaps it was just our dogged determination not to accept the diagnosis that Lizzie's hearing was normal? We got the answer fairly quickly, but other families are not so lucky..How could such a bright child be struggling at school? Why was it that she was so much later to start talking than her older brother and sisters? And when she did start to talk, why was she misprounouncing words?
Why did she seem to ignore you when you spoke to her? No reaction, no look of defiance, just no looking at you when you were speaking to her.
Lizzie was living life in a bubble. She seemed to be partially deaf but certain noises made her cry. She would put her hands over her ears and she seemed to be in pain.
And she was having trouble learning to read.
But all that changed when we got the diagnosis - APD, Auditory Processing Disorder. This page tells Lizzie's story and it has a happy ending :)
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Irenemaria
Jan 28, 2011 @ 5:57 am | delete
- I know only too well how difficult this is. The diagnosis comes as an explanation at least.
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by aj2008
My daughter suffers from a relatively unknown complaint called Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
She has normal hearing but sometimes her brain cannot...
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A Mother's Personal Story about her son's APD
Like sound through water
Like Sound Through Water : A Mother's Journey Through Auditory Processing Disorder
Amazon Price: $2.48 (as of 05/28/2012)
The mother of a child with Auditory Processing Disorder describes her personal experiences dealing with a child suffering from APD, discussing the misdiagnoses and lack of understanding of the condition that hampered her struggle to help her son learn to communicate.
When it was clear that something was wrong with my Daughter, we were lucky - we got the correct diagnosis in a relatively short period of time. However, many families are not so lucky and many will identify with Karen J Foli as she documents the struggle she had to get the right help for her son.
When the Brain Can't Hear
Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder
When the Brain Can't Hear : Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder
Amazon Price: $6.23 (as of 05/28/2012)
Using Case Studies Dr Teri James Bellis demonstrates the devastating effects that APD can have on those severely affected.
Parenting and hearing difficulties
