Auditory Processing & Our 5 Favorite Activities

Does your child struggle with following directions? Do they get distracted or overwhelmed in loud, busy environments? Maybe they cover their ears when the toilet flushes? If you're curious about your child's auditory processing, we are here for you! Sharing 5 of our favorite auditory processing activities for kids of all ages and abilities, regardless if they have challenges processing auditory input! Tune into this short video to learn more!

Table of Contents:
00:00 Introduction
00:29 What is Auditory Processing & CAPD
03:29 General Auditory Processing Challenges

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CAPD Information

The Listening Program

What is the Auditory System? Blog post

# 34 - What is Auditory Processing Disorder

# 35 - Interview with Alex Doman, CEO of Advanced Brain Technologies

# 112 - The Listening Program Success Story with a father who doesn't give up!

# 182 - Tips to help a child with Auditory Hypersensitivity/over-responsiveness

Super Duper Publications | Auditory Memory for Short Stories Fun Deck

Super Duper Publications | Auditory Memory for Details in Sentences Fun Deck

Fox In The Box Position Word Activity Set

Twister

Blindfolded twister

Twister moves

Bop it

Simon

Guess who

Battleship

[sad_doggo]

The auditory memory one is so funny to me because that part of my brain basically shuts off when it perceives that whatever the person's talking about has nothing to do with me (i.e. if it's info that goes over my head or if it's someone else's responsibility). Except, they're still talking to me. 🤣 So, I'll have a coworker ask me later to report on what they said and I LITERALLY wasn't paying attention.

[paradoxstudios]

I wish I had these mind exercises when I was younger, it might have helped, when I'm around certain people I have to prepare myself before they speak especially in noisy environments, I often get messages mixed with a hilarious interpretation, I get irritated when I hear people mumble in a group discussion then everyone bursts out laughing, I can however understand people who speak clear English and this being the older generation in most cases, I was diagnosed with APD in 5th grade by the Scottish Rite Center, then a few years ago I was tested by another group who said I also have ADD, it has not been a fun journey especially seeing old friends go on with very normal lives.

[socksumi]

Auditory memory is purely a mechanical process. It means remembering the distinctive sounds you have heard. Such as recognizing someone's voice ovre the phone, or recognizing the specific sound of a car engine. Or the ability to evaluate the quailty of high fidelity loudspeakers compared to the live sound of musical instruments.
Auditory memory does NOT mean remembering ideas communicated through language. That is conceptual post processing. Auditory memory is strictly perceptual... that is, memory of sound, not memory of ideas spoken by language.

[biolifeless]

I usually have trouble when I’m out of my routine for certain asks. For example, I might not make sense of what I’m reading if I haven’t been exposing myself to much reading lately and find myself trying to read aloud and voice out what I’m looking at in order to get back on track. I feel like it helps but I’m not sure why. Some other troubles I have is I can never figure out what a person is saying when they are faced the other way around. Audiotory memory is also very difficult for me since sometimes I seem to focus and put my attention into it with much more ease while other times I can’t figure out what the hell was just said to me. It’s infuriating. Do you have some advice on these -especially the last and first one- since I cant figure out the cause nor a solution? I’ll try and read a book aloud in the meantime.

[mr.professional]

I have pulsatile tinnitus, hyperacusis, when sound is coming to my ear hearing loud noises. This symptoms are related to auditory processing disorder or pulsatile tinnitus or idiopathic intracranial hypertension or semicircular canal dysfunction ? Please tell me. Can you save my life...

[kathleenr.]

Great video, but how do you touch Twister spots while blindfolded?

[fionajones]

I have a child who has a speech delay and he cannot pronounce words or speak very well. Would this be related to cpad? As he displays a lot of the signs you mentioned

[uphilldew]

came here bcs i had a bad first impression while seeing my orthodontist the first time for my braces. i entered the room and he's like "what's up?" and i heard it but i didnt respond to it because i thought he was talking to someone else and i went up straight saying "can i just sit here?" and also when we're in the middle of the treatment he asked me to sit more near and i didnt know that he was talking to me so i stayed quiet and then he askedme again and i felt kinda ashamed like yeah ... i hate it. i hope i can treat this better.

[arpitaroy]

Hi, child making too my noise .
Which activity will help?

Thanks

[dharavyas]

Hi my son is not listen to teachers instruction at home he can listen my instruction and follow my Instruction what should I do to help out please help me,
he can read and write the spelling and making spelling also

[lauren]

I have apd but people mistake it for being deaf

[mzdpwwt]

Thank you speaking slower. That helps me.