Everyday people are diagnosed with a learning disability. Out of those people, 41% of them are children. Out of those children 5% of them are diagnosed with Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). Central Auditory Processing Disorder is a deficiency in the mental interpretation of auditory signals, which means it takes time for the brain to process on what a person hears. It’s like having a conversation with someone on the phone who keeps loosing signal so you’re only grabbing some words on what the other person is saying.
When children do not seem to learn in school, some edifiers and parents may cerebrate the child is just imbecilic or does not have a desire to learn. What they fail to realize is there child has a learning disability. A learning disability can make a person feel like it takes over their lives. But with the right assistance and hard work it will not affect their future success.
Over the years, doctors have reported that Central Auditory Processing Disorder or any kind of learning disability is a type of neurological disorder, which is a disorder in the nervous system. In comparison children with learning disabilities cannot pick up the basic reading, writing, and reasoning or have the ability to organize information as fast as children without the problem. Not only does a learning disability affect the diagnosed individual but it also affects the people in his or her life. For a parent, the responsibility to raise a child with a disability is heightened. They have to pay the extreme cost for tests, special services in school and much more.
The history of CAPD goes all the way back to 1954 with Helmer Myklebus’s study, “Auditory Disorders in Children". Back then research wasn’t as serious as it is today. ...
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...rson with a disability won’t be able to receive accommodations in school.
How can CAPD be treated? Central Auditory Processing Disorder can be treated by many things such as using an auditory trainer. An auditory trainer is an electric head set used to concentrate on the speaker and block all background noises. Other treatments can help also, like communicating with someone face to face, giving simple instructions, turn off all distractions to communicate with the person, when doing homework have your child sit in a quiet place with no TV, radio or any type of distraction that will prevent them from doing his or her homework. And most importantly, patience. Children have such a difficult time trying to sort everything out in their brains and having to deal with other people's intolerance that what they need most from everyone is patience and understanding.
Graziano’s article over the handling of his son’s disability in the classroom also involves issues that relate to teachers detecting signs of mental illness in the classrooms, how teachers identify a behavioral troubled child, and training school counselors on the Section 504 policy that are all happening in the world today. Realizing these issues can help parents with giving their child the best out of their education and can also help teachers understand the importance of their relationship with students. Everyone should have the opportunity for a brighter future and having a learning disability should not be the end of the road for any student.
...etter than their own parents? With that being said in my future of teaching if I even come across as student with a learning disability I was always make an effort to talk to the parents and see what they would recommend, before just deciding myself, or leaving to an expert.
Mark started losing his hearing when he was about six or seven years old. This was manifested in confusion in music class, misunderstanding the words that the choir was singing, and discombobulation in noisy rooms. Eventually, it was noted that Mark’s hearing was deteriorating.
Alison’s story is the perfect example of what many families must go through when faced with the possibility of having a child diagnosed with a learning disability. Alison was not diagnosed with visual and auditory dyslexia until the summer before entering college. However, while still a toddler, her symptoms had been brought to her mother’s attention by her sister’s teacher. Alison’s mother then noticed her habits in repeating words incorrectly and how Alison would need tactile clues to follow directions. At the recommendation of her kindergarten teacher, Alison was tested for learning disabilities and the results from the school psychologists were that she was acting stubborn or disobedient. Her family did not stop with the school’s diagnosis. They had private testing completed that confirmed Alison did not have a specific learning disability. The final word came from a relative that happened to be a psychologist. He insisted Alison would grow out of her difficulties. So Alison continued on with her entire elementary, middle and high school journey as a student and daughter with an undiagnosed learning disability.
Age is also a common cause of hearing loss, Over time the hair cells in the cochlea gradually gets damaged, hence hearing deteriorates.Hearing loss occurs in old people as by this time most of the hair cells are damaged.
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Sensory Processing Disorder is a condition that exists when sensory signals don’t get controlled into proper responses. It prevents part of the brain from receiving information to understand everything correctly. Sensory processing is the way our nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses. An individual with sensory processing disorder finds it complicated to process and operates from receiving information. Sensory Process Disorder develops when the child is in the womb and stays with the person throughout their life. Sensory Processing Disorder creates difficulty in interaction with others, daily routines, socially, behaviorally, emotionally and could have effects on
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When a child is diagnosed with deafness, many parents often wonder what the exact cause of the child’s deafness is. In recent studies (Arnos K. &., 2007) 50-60% of hearing loss (moderate to profound, congenital, or early-onset) have shown genetics to be a large factor. Non genetic factors (i.e. maternal infection, prematurity or postnatal infection) may cause 40-50% of the remaining hearing loss. About one-third of children with hereditary deafness have features that are part of a genetic syndrome and there are between 300-400 different forms of genetic deafness that are known. Most children benefit from a genetic evaluation as a dominant diagnostic tool in determining the exact cause of the deafness, and the role of the audiologist is pivitol in counseling parents of deaf children through this process.
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