Auditory Processing Disorder

Arizona Department of Education AT Short Term Loan Library
Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services works in partnership with Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development Arizona Technology Access Program to make available at no cost, a wide variety of assistive technology devices, equipment, software, and professional development materials to school personnel to improve access to assistive technology.
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education

Auditory Processing Disorder Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with auditory processing disorder and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: February 2021
Publisher: KidsHealth

Auditory Processing Disorders and Vision Processing Disorders in Twice-Exceptionality (2e): Are These Foundational Factors Being Overlooked?
This article explores what is currently known about auditory processing disorder and visual processing disorder, examines potential co-occurring conditions, such as dyslexia and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and presents clinical case file data suggesting how these sensory disorders.
Authors: Austina De Bonte, Ciara McCaffrey, Hilary Wisdom, Megan Locke, Nancy Torgerson, and Terri Lucero
Publication Date: 2024
Publisher: Journal for the Education of the Gifted

Classroom Accommodations for Auditory Processing Disorder
This article provides examples of accommodations teachers can use to help with auditory processing disorder in the classroom for classroom seating, materials, and routines; giving instructions and assignments; and introducing new concepts/lessons.
Publisher: Understood

Do You Hear What I Hear: Exploring Auditory Processing Differences
Emily Kircher-Morris talks with Austina De Bonte about auditory processing differences. Dr. De Bonte shares some methodologies used for testing, accommodations that are available, and ground-breaking auditory devices that have been found to help those dealing with auditory processing challenges.
Publication Update: July 2024
Publisher: The Neurodiversity Podcast

Help for Kids with Auditory Processing Disorder
This article offers some changes parents and teachers can make in the environment to help kids with auditory processing difficulties listen and learn more effectively.
Author: Caroline Miller
Publisher: Child Mind Institute

How Classroom Acoustics Affect Learning
Join Boys Town National Research Hospital for a live chat about classroom acoustics and how they affect listening and learning in the classroom. Meredith Spratford, AuD, CCC-A, senior research audiologist in The Audibility, Perception and Cognition Laboratory will be joined by James Cottrell, INCE Bd Cert, acoustical consultant at NV5 to discuss classroom noise and how it influences students with and without hearing aids and cochlear implants.
Authors: Meredith Spratford and James Cottrell
Publication Date: September 2022
Publisher: Boys Town National Research Hospital

Signs a Child Might Have Auditory Processing Disorder
Auditory processing disorder interferes with both learning and interacting with other people. This article offers behaviors to look for that may be signals to auditory processing challenges.
Author: Caroline Miller
Publisher: Child Mind Institute

Take It From Me: Auditory Processing Disorder in Class
This article is written by high school student with auditory processing disorder. She shares some classroom and teaching techniques that helped her succeed—and that can benefit all students.
Author: Eliza Uberuaga
Publication Date: February 2016
Publisher: Learning for Justice

Understanding Auditory Processing Disorders in Children
This article explains that auditory processing disorder is an auditory deficit that is not the result of other higher-order cognitive, language, or related disorder and offers how it is diagnosed and treated.
Author: Teri James Bellis
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Understanding the Differences Between Auditory Processing, Speech and Language Disorders, and Reading Disorders
This document provides an overview of the differences among auditory processing disorders, communication disorders, and reading disorders to clarify the need for accommodations for students with communication and processing disorders. It is organized by definition of the disorder, treatment options, and accommodations, followed by results of a study that differentiates between reading and language disorders.
Publication Date: October 2014
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Venn Diagrams
Central Auditory Processing Disorder commonly coexists with other conditions including ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and sensory processing disorder. Venn diagrams display the characteristics isolated to each condition as well as shared attributes.
Publisher: Able Kids Foundation

What Is Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)?
This article explains auditory processing disorder and symptoms. It details the skills affected by auditory processing disorder as auditory discrimination, figure-to-ground discrimination, auditory memory, and auditory sequencing.
Author: Caroline Miller
Publication Date: Updated October 2024
Publisher: Child Mind Institute