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Auditory processing disorder (APD), rarely known as King-Kopetzky syndrome, is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting the way the brain processes sounds. [2] Individuals with APD usually have normal structure and function of the ear, but cannot process the information they hear in the same way as others do, which leads to difficulties in recognizing and interpreting sounds, especially the ...
Central auditory processing disorder This is not an actual hearing loss but gives rise to significant difficulties in hearing. One kind of auditory processing disorder is King-Kopetzky syndrome , which is characterized by an inability to process out background noise in noisy environments despite normal performance on traditional hearing tests.
Auditory processing disorder (APD) is about having problems processing what you hear, or having listening problems. APD is the listening disability dolfrog 17:38, 24 April 2010 (UTC) And the listening problems described for cognitive reasosns are the result of having APD dolfrog 16:15, 5 May 2010 (UTC) Not worth merging.
An additional problem which is increasingly recognised is auditory processing disorder which is not a hearing loss as such but a difficulty perceiving sound. The shape of an audiogram shows the relative configuration of the hearing loss, such as a Carhart notch for otosclerosis, 'noise' notch for noise-induced damage, high frequency rolloff for ...
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In this case the single speech stream enters both ears and its representation ascends the two auditory pathways. [5] The stream arrives at both the right and left auditory cortices for eventual speech processing by the left hemisphere. In a noisy environment the MOC efferent pathways are required to be active in two distinct ways. The first is ...
Therefore, it may have been possible for an individual to have communication challenges but not meet the criteria of being "substantially below" criteria of the DSM IV-TR. The DSM diagnoses did not comprise a complete list of all communication disorders, for example, auditory processing disorder is not classified under the DSM or ICD-10. [8]
The syndrome can be difficult to diagnose and may be misdiagnosed as autism, pervasive developmental disorder, hearing impairment, learning disability, auditory processing disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual disability, childhood schizophrenia, or emotional/behavioral problems. An EEG (electroencephalogram ...