What is a Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)?

CAPD is described as the difficulty in the auditory processing and understanding of both non-verbal and verbal stimuli.  Typically, children with CAPD have normal pure-tone hearing.

Behavior of children considered "at risk" include:

• Adapted from Cohen(1980)and Fisher (1985)
• Frequently misunderstands oral instructions or questions
• Delays in responding to oral instructions or questions
• Says "Huh" or "What" frequently
• Frequently needs repetition of directions or information
• Frequently needs requests repetition
• Has problems understanding in background noise
• Is easily distracted by background noise
• May have problems with phonics or discriminating speech sounds
• May have poor expressive or receptive language
• May have spelling, reading, and other academic problems
• May have behavioral problems

A licensed audiologist typically diagnoses CAPD. A speech and language pathologist should also be consulted to determine if a speech and or language difficulty is present. 

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