AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER TREATMENT

RETRAIN YOUR BRAIN’S AUDITORY PROCESSING DIFFICULTIES

Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) refers to a difficulty recognizing and interpreting the external sounds within one’s environment. Auditory Processing Disorder affects one’s ability to recognize subtle differences between sounds in words, even when sounds are loud and clear.

APD is often misunderstood as refusal to pay attention, but those with the disorder struggle to understand even when they are fully attentive. Early diagnosis and treatment is crucial to guarantee children and adults proper accommodations so they can understand and engage with others in academic, professional, and social environments.

Auditory Processing Disorder Symptoms:

  • Academic challenges, including poor reading and spelling

  • Difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments

  • Difficulty distinguishing between similar sounds

  • Difficulty following verbal directions, especially when there are multiple steps

  • Inability to correctly identify the source of a sound

  • Repeatedly asking for things to be repeated

Audiotory processing disorder APD

Neurofeedback program

for Auditory Processing Disorder

At Brain Resource Center, our approach targets the auditory interpretation process within the brain. We begin with a comprehensive qEEG brain map, cognitive, and neuropsychological evaluation that can identify the root of auditory processing delays. We then create a personalized treatment plan to target these regions of the brain. Neurofeedback treatment methods have been shown to increase attention, reinforce memory, enhance listening skills, and decrease time needed to process incoming information. With treatment, children are able to achieve higher academic performance, reduce or eliminate behavioral problems, strengthen language and vocabulary skills, and enhance reading comprehension.

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How does Neurofeedback work?

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    1. Brain map

    Brainwave assessment identifies imbalances and helps to create a personalized treatment plan.

  • Neurofeedback setup

    2. Treatment setup

    Non-invasive sensors and headphones are placed on your head and the treatment session begins.

  • Brain training

    3. Brain activation

    Software translates your brainwave data and stops or starts audio/visual media based on your brain activity.

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    4. Conditioning

    In response to the audio/visual feedback, your brain adapts and learns to regulate your brainwaves and build new, healthy neural pathways.

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    5. Brain Training

    Over time with continuous brain training, healthy brain activity in target regions increases, and symptom-associated activity decreases.

Related Research

 

Communication, Listening, Cognitive and Speech Perception Skills in Children With Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) or Specific Language Impairment (SLI). Click here

Increasing cortical activity in auditory areas through neurofeedback functional magnetic resonance imaging. Click here

Intracerebral functional connectivity-guided neurofeedback as a putative rehabilitative intervention for ameliorating auditory-related dysfunctions. Click here