The Importance of Auditory Processing In All Learning
Learning is Sequential, Auditory Processing is the First Step Learning is a sequential process that starts with listening. Listening requires auditory processing, the ability to understand and...
Why Listening Skills are the Key to Learning
Learning growth is slower without accurate listening "From vocabulary development and decoding to the complexities of language syntax, it's all a challenge if listening is muddy or inaccurate."...
How to Test for APD & Better Understand Your Child
The Multi-Disciplinary Path to an APD Diagnosis A proper diagnosis of APD requires a multidisciplinary approach, involving input from an audiologist, speech-language pathologist, and other relevant...
Supporting Children with APD by Making Lifestyle Changes
Quality of Life and Progress-Enhancing Ideas Improving the quality of life for a child with APD involves implementing lifestyle changes and accommodations at home and school, including reducing...
The APD Controversy Explained
Is APD a thing? Auditory Processing DIsorder (APD) is an impairment in auditory perception that can be the underlying cause of many learning problems, including specific reading and language...
Learning is Not Fixed, Progress Is Possible
Never Give Up - 4 Student Stories "You are your child's best advocate. Whether you try Gemm Learning or another intervention, never give up on your child's potential. Progress is possible if you...
An Auditory Processing Disorder Diagnosis Explained
A Deep Dive into APD Having an auditory processing disorder diagnosis for your child does not always mean it’s a straight path ahead. Pay attention to the category and sub-type of APD because...
About Dichotic Listening And Why It Matters
How to detect a selective attention difficulty related to APD …if you focus on the underlying skills needed to process speech when it’s spoken in a noisy environment, you’re on the right track. ...