Recent insight into the genetic bases for autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, stuttering, and language disorders suggest that neurogenetic approaches may also reveal at least one etiology of auditory ...

Any parent or teacher of a child with autism will tell you the heartbreak they feel when they call a child's name and he or she doesn't respond. This most basic social interaction is often a challenge ...

A study comparing four intervention strategies in children who have unusual difficulty understanding and using language found that all four methods resulted in significant, long-term improvements in ...

Researchers are helping children with auditory processing disorder receive better treatment. They have developed a program that uses evidence-based practices and incorporates speech-language ...

Dani Tomlin receives funding from the HEARing CRC. Have you ever struggled to follow a conversation at a party? If listening and piecing together the conversation is a consistent problem, you might be ...

Perry is a 10-year-old boy who was struggling academically in school, despite having received years of school-based interventional services. He’d been to a neurologist, a developmental pediatrician, a ...

Inherent auditory perception skills influence the effects of music training on speech processing ability, a study suggests. Music training is thought to augment neural encoding of speech in the brain, ...

Your ability to listen to a phone message in one ear while a friend is talking into your other ear—and comprehend what both are saying—is an important communication skill that’s heavily influenced by ...

Audiologists in the UK are concerned about the long-term effects of noise canceling headphones due to a rise in hearing issues. There has been an increase in cases of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD ...

(Medical Xpress)—Several Kansas State University faculty members are helping children with auditory processing disorder receive better treatment. Debra Burnett, assistant professor of family studies ...