Friday, June 09, 2006
CAPD
central auditory processing disorder
we would often use this as an excuse for not hearing so well. it has become one of our private jokes na nga. i mean, our audios show normal hearing but you would be surprised at the number of times we manifest "hearing loss" or siguro more aptly, "maling pagkakaintindi". uy ha, nd naman kami ganun ka-slow! =p i, myself, often wonder why i'm not hearing so well, inspite of being close to the speaker. there are times i would answer off topic - kakahiya! buti na lang we all 'understand' each other kasi all of us, one way or another, tends to 'drift away' from the conversation =p.
it came back to mind when celine mentioned that ust will have a conference (or seminar?) on this topic end of this year (end of november ata). speakers will be from the US. i will try to attend, cpd din to! haha! but this is truly one interesting topic. i hope i can find the time - amidst wedding preps and family-time.
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Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) (previously known as "Central Auditory Processing Disorder" (CAPD)) is not a hearing impairment (i.e., a person with APD usually has nothing wrong with his or her ears), but an inability to process what is heard. (akong ako ata ito ah! - or is it just i don't want to listen, as in selective hearing? =p)
Aspects of auditory processing which may be affected by APD include "auditory discrimination", the ability to distinguish between similar sounds or words; "auditory figure-ground", the ability to distinguish relevant speech from background noise; and "auditory memory", the ability to recall what was heard.
Read more from: TSBVI (overview of assessment and management practices)
Posted by QT at 6/09/2006 09:09:00 pm
