During most of my life I always thought I had some issue with my hearing, I thought I was half deaf or something of the sort until I checked with an ENT doctor who confirmed my hearing was actually far above average. That was how I discovered what APD was and it was the reason why I always had trouble listening to people in general.
Hey, I'm glad you got a diagnosis, as I could imagine that would give you the peace of mind knowing you don't actually have hearing loss. I suspect I might have auditory processing disorder and would like to ask you a couple of things. Since getting your diagnosis, have you had any luck with getting any treatment or relief methods for the symptoms of APD? If so, did they help? Thanks and wishing you all the best💚
I wanna kno if I have audio processing disorder still I was told I did as a kid Confused for adhd But idk? Now a days I’m on my phone and trying to play a game Watch a movie And write down stuff all at the same time I’m not sure if that’s add or I’m just overwhelmed and trying to do too much at once Hard to tell 😂
Doing school from home during covid was super nice for me since I could finally hear my teacher without being distracted by all the background noise. Most people don't realize how much noise they unconsciously block out even in a quiet room, and something as simple as a fan or an engine is enough to make it hard for me to hear people speaking
This is so true. I excelled exponentially from onsite classes to online classes. During high school before covid, my grades fluctuate from average to below average, considering that I also struggle with socialization due to my undiagnosed ASD. Learning was all so confusing and a hassle to me, but when online classes had started, I was able to rewatch the lectures and have more time understanding everything. I just needed to be in the right place with little to no noise.
My dad got me tested for CAPD when I was 7 and I was all set up to go to brain training exercises 5 days a week but my parents just sort of lost interest and changed their minds so I had terrible difficulties passing my classes in school and eventually had to drop out of college and my parents were so disappointed and angry with me so they disowned me and now I'm broke and homeless. I've always struggled at school and at work because of my CAPD and it always severely impacted my performance and progression academically and financially. So basically my parents knew I had a severe learning disability that they had the diagnosis and insurance coverage to treat when I was young but chose not to and instead emotionally tortured and humiliated me for years and made me feel like a worthless lazy selfish piece of sh*t who could never amount to anything or finish school or keep a job for very long.
Im so sorry to hear that. :( i think lazy is a kind of annoying word because laziness can be caused by a lot of numerous things like anxiety and stuff or maybe if you have to clean up something but you have a sprained ankle its obviously going to be hard so you might not do it as quickly as a “normal” person but because of that people call you lazy so keep this in mind if you ever feel lazy and know that its not really your fault
🥹🥹 I'm so sorry 💔 My Mom was similar. I am a single mom now and go hard for my kids. Girl, I'm tired AF! Explaining who has what and appointments! But what you wrote 😢has me in tears! I don't want my babies to feel that. I don't want them to feel like I didn't try. I'm here on UA-cam learning about this and ADHD, Selective Mutism. 😅 It hurts me to know you didn't get the help and I don't even know you. Sending you lots of Mama Bear 🐻 hugs!
Thank you so much for this short and easy-to-understand explanation. I have been trying to explain to those closest to me why I want to be tested for APD but I suspect that if one does not have this challenge, it is very difficult to grasp its significance (as in the examples you listed: getting accurate instructions from the teacher, miscommunication, arguments...all in all, it results in a negative self-image).
My experience in school was a sad one. I was so mistreated because I wasn't fulling understanding verbel instructions or directions.. even with a diagnosis and a IEP there's was very little compassion for my day-to-day experience. I spent a lot of time in detention, in school, and out of school suspension.
I have APD making it really hard to watch movies or shows because they often have background noise. When watching videos, I have subtitles on when I need them, but usually, I read lips. I also know ASL. I actually thought I had bad hearing, but I took a hearing test, and it was really good
Hey, sorry that it's a year after you commented this, but how did you learn ASL? Were there any courses you could recommend? I'd obviously have to find the British version of it (BSL?), but are there online communities you've used that could help me practice?
I often have kind of a delay in processing language, when someone suddenly starts talking to me or asking me something, I notice they said something but for the first few seconds I simply understand nothing. That was really frustrating in school with teachers, and it didn’t help that my brain drifts off when I have to listen to anything for more than 20 minutes. Great video though, clear and to the point.
Sometimes it is like dyslexia children not reading as much because it is hard. Find songs you like to listen to that you can memorize by listening. Then listen to the song with the lyrics on to make sure you heard it right. Pick different types of music or different languages. Rock ,Pop, R and B, or older classics
I’m going down a rabbit hole. I thought I had concentration or hearing issues, but this seems way more likely. I literally cannot hear a word people say to me at times, and I misunderstand teachers all the time. It’s gone to the point where I always ask my peers after an instruction just ti make sure I hesrd it right. But I have no problem listening to a 2 hour speech about whatever. Only when I’m told something and need to react immidiately.
I most likely have this (not been diagnosed yet). In a classroom it’s frustrating. I remember this one time I was in science, me and my mate were using Bunsen burners. My teacher shouted my name, so I looked at them while they were talking to me, and I couldn’t understand a word she was saying because there was a lot of sound in the background. I saw an in school psychologist and explained what I was experiencing and after that, he said it sounds a lot like APD.
Friendly request: it would be great to have proper closed captions on these videos! The auto-generated ones can be incorrect oftentimes and them popping up word by word can be difficult to read for a lot of people.
Since my brain injury hypoxia I have ringing in my ears never stops gives me headaches every day lol stay strong stay positive stay safe takecare sending luck hugs prayers most of all love from headway Nottingham UK x
I always thought I was a lazy or inattentive listener. It bothered me because Im very keen about listening to people and yet I miss some of whats being said. It terrifies me to have to talk to anyone with a strong accent, because I can barely make out what theyre saying. My brain almost explodes from trying so hard to listen.
I struggle with ADHD, APD, along with a few other cognitive and visual issues. I was born with bad ear infections in 1992 (now 32) and I had to have tubes in the ears. I had lost close to 25% of hearing in my left ear and it is an everyday struggle to hear people who speak low, fast, deep or far away. It is a combination of not being able to hear but more so an auditory delay. It always had caused issues wherever I was to some capacity and even had just made me feel bad about myself at times to be fully transparent. It was only recently where I finally accepted this and am working everyday to not get so frustrated or anxious about it. I’m at least thankful to find videos like this and understand that other people in the world go through this and can help eachother along the way.
Hello, not sure if you read and respond to comments. I believe my 5 year old daughter has APD. Her school can not pin point which “category” she falls under for special needs. I asked about testing for APD and they say it cannot be tested for until age 7. Can you tell me why and is there anything I can do to help her in the mean time? As I know early intervention is important, it’s hard to “wait and see”. Thank you!
It can be tested prior to age 7. It is best to treat this as early as possible. You can call Nancy at 801-750-6932 and she can help find someone in your area.
I’ve had Adp my whole life. In mid 40’s got answers with Autism and ADHD diagnosis’s. Your explanation is excellent Thank you for explaining and what you do
I've been called "bingi" (deaf in tagalog) many times since childhood because of this. I'm 23 now and my parents still don't believe that I have such a condition. This sucks.
How difficult is it for a kid suspected to have this to go through the 2 hour testing for APD? My daughter had an IEP and ST says she scored very low on that screening, but she can’t diagnose it. And can’t do treatment without a diagnosis from an audiologist. I’m wondering if she will get overwhelmed from the testing? Will they still be able to diagnose it or not accurately?
Thankfully I was diagnosed quite early with APD. When I entered school, my teachers got informed. Thus I was always sitting in the front of the class, they confirmed instructions with me and I was allowed to wear headphones during exams to reduce noise. I myself taught myself to always write instructions down, learn visually and even graduated top ten in my class :)
A lot of people with apd think the same thing. It is not related to intelligence. Brilliant people can also have apd. But our society has limited understanding of this.
My social life became very dissociated after middle school, I moved around more after those years but making friends, understanding people and having regular conversation with people became to much, lots of times I had to listen very hard to try staying up on the story, unless they're friendlier older people from another generation, I usually stayed quiet and people thought I was conceited, boring, stupid or uneventful, P.S., there will be absolutely NO dating life either, you will become no one.
We have our yearly ENT visit coming up. I plan to ask about APD testing. My daughter had a second pair of tubes put in last summer. At her followup appointment, they said her hearing was great, but she misunderstands so much that is said. And to make it even more challenging, she's confident that what she thinks she heard us correct and refuses to accept anything different. She will argue without backing down.
You’re on the right track to ask an audiologist to test her. I was diagnosed as an adult but had two sets of tubes, chronic ear infections and had ongoing speech therapy after going deaf at age 2 and getting tubes. I had pronounced difficulties in school, behaviorally and in learning to read because of phonemic awareness and misunderstanding instructions that appeared like I was defiant, and was evaluated for other learning disabilities but not for APD. This was in the 80s. I hope you and your daughter have a good journey to getting assistance so you have less frustration and more explanations and guidance ❤
Hello. Can you please tell me if APD could be missunderstood as Attention Deficit Disorder? Can it be done a proper medical appointment for my 8 years son? Is it a difficult investigation for a child of such an age ? Thank you very,very much.
Oftentimes we wouldn't even have answers to the first question, more of just opinions, but there is actually some good quality research showing that children with APD are sometimes misdiagnosed as having ADHD if APD is overlooked! So yes absolutely this is a thing, you would be right to ask your child's doctor to rule out APD. I have both.
Hello, very nice video, thank you! My whole life I seemed to have had trouble hearing people in places like dance clubs or the swimming pool, also people who mumble or whisper very quently. Could that be APD? It is not debilitating, but still somestimes causes frustration, is there anything that can be done? Is there a spectrum for APD?
It could be APD. Check out more videos on the Auditory Processing Disorder playlist on the Utah Neuro Rehabilitation channel. There is a spectrum. In some people it is mild. In others it is severe.
You just described my experience but I always thought my hearing was trash. I played flute/piccolo for a decade and always blamed my piccolo and large ensemble rehearsals for not being able to understand people. Misplaced blame because I find my pitch and volume hearing better than those around me, it’s just that I can’t understand quick enough lol
I feel like I have a lot of issues with processing me auditory info but I also don’t, like I love to be like ‘what?’ And answer before they’ve repeated what they said or stare into the void for a second before I respond but I don’t feel like I have that much trouble tuning things out as is a common trait of APD, I feel like that means I don’t have it but it keeps coming up because of the earlier thing I mentioned, I also don’t think I mishear things, as often as I ‘what?’ fake out people so like wth, is this a thing that can happen without having APD?
Wait, this does remind me of myself. When chatting with classmates, when the teacher tells me something, when I order food, or when I talk on a phone, it's always, and I mean *always* a "What? Could you repeat that?" from me. I just don't understand what's being said, even after multiple times repeating. It's embarrassing. Maybe I should get that checked 🤔
Just curious. Did you ever find it more difficult to hear sometimes if you were wearing sunglasses? I do (people think I’m nuts). I also hate phones. I think I must rely a lot on lip reading and facial expressions perhaps?
@@SophieBird07 That could be. But it's been a long time since I wore sunglasses, so I can't tell. I too absolutely hate phone calls! I'm unable to hold a conversation without embarressing myself because of how often I have to ask the other person to repeat themselves. And just today I had a situation at school again where I just could not understand the person next to me. He had to repeat it four times! I just don't know anymore... I'm only sure that I don't have hearing problems because I can actually hear really well. It's just understanding what I heard others say. It sounds like a foreign language to me
Oh haha and the joys of ADHD and this is often my brain makes a joke inside a sentence as I'm trying to work out what actually was said! So I'll just go "oh I thought you said it's a piss bucket".
I have A.D.D. I have to read lips when the background noise reaches a certain level that's not very high for most people, but I'm not sure if it's APD because I hear everything, in certain situations I'll hear things before anyone else or hear sounds no one else can and it's not my imagination when I find the source and either shield it or shut the machine/device off it stops or changes volume.
I have had a lifelong difficulty with understanding verbal communication. I have had people get impatient with me, and call me slow or stupid. When I ask for people to repeat what they said, or ask for clarification, they don't understand why I don't get everything they say. I often have to chop up the message into separate parts, write things down, and repeat them back to the person.
Lots of music now sounds out of tune or missing instruments. And I can talk all day on the phone to my brother. But can’t understand anything he says face to face ! Weird
it's garbled, like you can still hear the pattern of word-space-word and you can hear the tone of the voice and can therefore often determine that a sentence was said, finished etc. But it's like dyslexia, when letters of words are being scrambled, put out of order or you misshear words as something else, which sounds similar but is not the same.... I also sometimes like to describe it, as if words are turned into noise rather than language. That it's so difficult with more background noise, because it's as if brain doesn't identify it as speech anymore and the same can happen the other way around too, that I might mistakenly identify noise as someone saying something. Depending on situation, it's sometimes only specific words that get scrambled/hard to understand.
Yes it can as a person with apd i find i forget things like what im going to say, and sometimes delay speech because they have to process what people just said
I got into troble as a new kid in 8th grade. Teacher introduced himself and I heard Mr. Yakety, which is what I later called him. Oh boy, turned out it was Mr. Yakey...or Mr. Yaky, Yacky. Don't remember the spelling, but I made sure to call him by the correct name from then on!
I think I might have this. Would there be any benefit to seeking an official diagnosis as a middle aged adult? If so, would you start with an audiologist?
Thank you for this video. It ends on a cliffhanger… “APD is treatable.” But this video is a dead end. I suggest to update the description with a link to logical next topic. ua-cam.com/video/H_q3E5U4Myg/v-deo.html&si=gpoOeJj6oweOCDt7
During most of my life I always thought I had some issue with my hearing, I thought I was half deaf or something of the sort until I checked with an ENT doctor who confirmed my hearing was actually far above average. That was how I discovered what APD was and it was the reason why I always had trouble listening to people in general.
same lol
I'm just now realizing this for myself. It's like hearing it but it sounds mumbled. I had perfect hearing as well.
Wow! My hearing is also above average.
Hey, I'm glad you got a diagnosis, as I could imagine that would give you the peace of mind knowing you don't actually have hearing loss. I suspect I might have auditory processing disorder and would like to ask you a couple of things. Since getting your diagnosis, have you had any luck with getting any treatment or relief methods for the symptoms of APD? If so, did they help? Thanks and wishing you all the best💚
I should really get tested for the same thing, I'm 90% sure i have it as well. I also have really good hearing
I do appreciate how you explained this in a quiet room and tried to speak very clearly.
Like you are looking someone in the eyes and you can't hear anything they say or remember it.
I have this and that’s pretty accurate
Exactly!
Fun fact. People with ADHD are very likely to have this too
Have what, extra cash ?
Absolutely
I have ADHD Combined and Auditory Processing Disorder.
I wanna kno if I have audio processing disorder still
I was told I did as a kid
Confused for adhd
But idk?
Now a days I’m on my phone and trying to play a game
Watch a movie
And write down stuff all at the same time
I’m not sure if that’s add or I’m just overwhelmed and trying to do too much at once
Hard to tell 😂
I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult age 43. I think I have APD also. I'm wondering if it would be useful to get a diagnosis for APD also.
Doing school from home during covid was super nice for me since I could finally hear my teacher without being distracted by all the background noise. Most people don't realize how much noise they unconsciously block out even in a quiet room, and something as simple as a fan or an engine is enough to make it hard for me to hear people speaking
I went from failing school to graduating summa cum laude after lectures started being recorded
This is so true. I excelled exponentially from onsite classes to online classes. During high school before covid, my grades fluctuate from average to below average, considering that I also struggle with socialization due to my undiagnosed ASD. Learning was all so confusing and a hassle to me, but when online classes had started, I was able to rewatch the lectures and have more time understanding everything. I just needed to be in the right place with little to no noise.
This exactly!
My dad got me tested for CAPD when I was 7 and I was all set up to go to brain training exercises 5 days a week but my parents just sort of lost interest and changed their minds so I had terrible difficulties passing my classes in school and eventually had to drop out of college and my parents were so disappointed and angry with me so they disowned me and now I'm broke and homeless.
I've always struggled at school and at work because of my CAPD and it always severely impacted my performance and progression academically and financially.
So basically my parents knew I had a severe learning disability that they had the diagnosis and insurance coverage to treat when I was young but chose not to and instead emotionally tortured and humiliated me for years and made me feel like a worthless lazy selfish piece of sh*t who could never amount to anything or finish school or keep a job for very long.
Wow, I am so sorry to hear of what you have been through.
Im so sorry to hear that. :( i think lazy is a kind of annoying word because laziness can be caused by a lot of numerous things like anxiety and stuff or maybe if you have to clean up something but you have a sprained ankle its obviously going to be hard so you might not do it as quickly as a “normal” person but because of that people call you lazy so keep this in mind if you ever feel lazy and know that its not really your fault
🥹🥹 I'm so sorry 💔 My Mom was similar. I am a single mom now and go hard for my kids. Girl, I'm tired AF! Explaining who has what and appointments! But what you wrote 😢has me in tears! I don't want my babies to feel that. I don't want them to feel like I didn't try. I'm here on UA-cam learning about this and ADHD, Selective Mutism. 😅
It hurts me to know you didn't get the help and I don't even know you. Sending you lots of Mama Bear 🐻 hugs!
Thank you so much for this short and easy-to-understand explanation. I have been trying to explain to those closest to me why I want to be tested for APD but I suspect that if one does not have this challenge, it is very difficult to grasp its significance (as in the examples you listed: getting accurate instructions from the teacher, miscommunication, arguments...all in all, it results in a negative self-image).
My experience in school was a sad one. I was so mistreated because I wasn't fulling understanding verbel instructions or directions.. even with a diagnosis and a IEP there's was very little compassion for my day-to-day experience. I spent a lot of time in detention, in school, and out of school suspension.
My gosh. Parent involvement was minimal
You’re not alone. Can’t help but feel bad for myself when I think back to my k-12 experience.
I have APD making it really hard to watch movies or shows because they often have background noise. When watching videos, I have subtitles on when I need them, but usually, I read lips. I also know ASL.
I actually thought I had bad hearing, but I took a hearing test, and it was really good
Hey, sorry that it's a year after you commented this, but how did you learn ASL? Were there any courses you could recommend?
I'd obviously have to find the British version of it (BSL?), but are there online communities you've used that could help me practice?
@@melonmode4128 I learned through school. I don't know any online resources. Sorry.
I often have kind of a delay in processing language, when someone suddenly starts talking to me or asking me something, I notice they said something but for the first few seconds I simply understand nothing. That was really frustrating in school with teachers, and it didn’t help that my brain drifts off when I have to listen to anything for more than 20 minutes.
Great video though, clear and to the point.
Can APD get worse with age? I don't remember struggling in young age but in the last 10 years I have struggled more and more.
Sometimes it is like dyslexia children
not reading as much because it is
hard. Find songs you like to listen to
that you can memorize by listening.
Then listen to the song with the lyrics
on to make sure you heard it right.
Pick different types of music or different languages. Rock ,Pop, R and B, or
older classics
Yes, it definitively does.
Yes, it can, just because aging tends to slow things down. Check out some of the other videos on this channel about treating apd.
I’m going down a rabbit hole. I thought I had concentration or hearing issues, but this seems way more likely. I literally cannot hear a word people say to me at times, and I misunderstand teachers all the time. It’s gone to the point where I always ask my peers after an instruction just ti make sure I hesrd it right. But I have no problem listening to a 2 hour speech about whatever. Only when I’m told something and need to react immidiately.
I most likely have this (not been diagnosed yet). In a classroom it’s frustrating. I remember this one time I was in science, me and my mate were using Bunsen burners. My teacher shouted my name, so I looked at them while they were talking to me, and I couldn’t understand a word she was saying because there was a lot of sound in the background. I saw an in school psychologist and explained what I was experiencing and after that, he said it sounds a lot like APD.
Friendly request: it would be great to have proper closed captions on these videos! The auto-generated ones can be incorrect oftentimes and them popping up word by word can be difficult to read for a lot of people.
Thank you
Since my brain injury hypoxia I have ringing in my ears never stops gives me headaches every day lol stay strong stay positive stay safe takecare sending luck hugs prayers most of all love from headway Nottingham UK x
Thanks again I got diagnosed by it by you and it really helped
I always thought I was a lazy or inattentive listener. It bothered me because Im very keen about listening to people and yet I miss some of whats being said. It terrifies me to have to talk to anyone with a strong accent, because I can barely make out what theyre saying. My brain almost explodes from trying so hard to listen.
I struggle with ADHD, APD, along with a few other cognitive and visual issues. I was born with bad ear infections in 1992 (now 32) and I had to have tubes in the ears. I had lost close to 25% of hearing in my left ear and it is an everyday struggle to hear people who speak low, fast, deep or far away. It is a combination of not being able to hear but more so an auditory delay. It always had caused issues wherever I was to some capacity and even had just made me feel bad about myself at times to be fully transparent. It was only recently where I finally accepted this and am working everyday to not get so frustrated or anxious about it. I’m at least thankful to find videos like this and understand that other people in the world go through this and can help eachother along the way.
Ive was born with APD. Man ive heard some crazy things in my 32years of life.
I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 18 and going through school with this disability made it so hard to learn as a kid.
Hello, not sure if you read and respond to comments. I believe my 5 year old daughter has APD. Her school can not pin point which “category” she falls under for special needs. I asked about testing for APD and they say it cannot be tested for until age 7. Can you tell me why and is there anything I can do to help her in the mean time? As I know early intervention is important, it’s hard to “wait and see”. Thank you!
It can be tested prior to age 7. It is best to treat this as early as possible. You can call Nancy at 801-750-6932 and she can help find someone in your area.
I’ve had Adp my whole life. In mid 40’s got answers with Autism and ADHD diagnosis’s.
Your explanation is excellent
Thank you for explaining and what you do
I've been called "bingi" (deaf in tagalog) many times since childhood because of this. I'm 23 now and my parents still don't believe that I have such a condition. This sucks.
How difficult is it for a kid suspected to have this to go through the 2 hour testing for APD? My daughter had an IEP and ST says she scored very low on that screening, but she can’t diagnose it. And can’t do treatment without a diagnosis from an audiologist. I’m wondering if she will get overwhelmed from the testing? Will they still be able to diagnose it or not accurately?
Audiologists who work with kids are able to do this testing. Nancy tests kids all the time.
I am half deaf and I’m pretty sure I do have APD but I don’t really know.
Thankfully I was diagnosed quite early with APD. When I entered school, my teachers got informed. Thus I was always sitting in the front of the class, they confirmed instructions with me and I was allowed to wear headphones during exams to reduce noise. I myself taught myself to always write instructions down, learn visually and even graduated top ten in my class :)
Had it all my life. Had a lot of additional education support throughout my life. I still feel like an inferior being 😔
A lot of people with apd think the same thing. It is not related to intelligence. Brilliant people can also have apd. But our society has limited understanding of this.
Same
❤ Try not to, ok? You're not. It's just one of those things that happens.
My social life became very dissociated after middle school, I moved around more after those years but making friends, understanding people and having regular conversation with people became to much, lots of times I had to listen very hard to try staying up on the story, unless they're friendlier older people from another generation, I usually stayed quiet and people thought I was conceited, boring, stupid or uneventful, P.S., there will be absolutely NO dating life either, you will become no one.
@@paradoxstudios6639 I can relate to you that I would prefer hanging around with older people than younger people or the same age as you a lot*
We have our yearly ENT visit coming up. I plan to ask about APD testing. My daughter had a second pair of tubes put in last summer. At her followup appointment, they said her hearing was great, but she misunderstands so much that is said. And to make it even more challenging, she's confident that what she thinks she heard us correct and refuses to accept anything different. She will argue without backing down.
You’re on the right track to ask an audiologist to test her. I was diagnosed as an adult but had two sets of tubes, chronic ear infections and had ongoing speech therapy after going deaf at age 2 and getting tubes. I had pronounced difficulties in school, behaviorally and in learning to read because of phonemic awareness and misunderstanding instructions that appeared like I was defiant, and was evaluated for other learning disabilities but not for APD. This was in the 80s. I hope you and your daughter have a good journey to getting assistance so you have less frustration and more explanations and guidance ❤
How does white noise affects a small child with APD?
Hello.
Can you please tell me if APD could be missunderstood as Attention Deficit Disorder?
Can it be done a proper medical appointment for my 8 years son?
Is it a difficult investigation for a child of such an age ?
Thank you very,very much.
Sometimes people get diagnosed with both! It depends on the testing that’s done.
Yes, it can be misunderstood as ADHD. It is not a difficult investigation for an 8 year old.
Oftentimes we wouldn't even have answers to the first question, more of just opinions, but there is actually some good quality research showing that children with APD are sometimes misdiagnosed as having ADHD if APD is overlooked! So yes absolutely this is a thing, you would be right to ask your child's doctor to rule out APD. I have both.
adhd and apd, the curse that keeps on destroying my life
Hello, very nice video, thank you!
My whole life I seemed to have had trouble hearing people in places like dance clubs or the swimming pool, also people who mumble or whisper very quently. Could that be APD? It is not debilitating, but still somestimes causes frustration, is there anything that can be done? Is there a spectrum for APD?
It could be APD. Check out more videos on the Auditory Processing Disorder playlist on the Utah Neuro Rehabilitation channel. There is a spectrum. In some people it is mild. In others it is severe.
You just described my experience but I always thought my hearing was trash. I played flute/piccolo for a decade and always blamed my piccolo and large ensemble rehearsals for not being able to understand people. Misplaced blame because I find my pitch and volume hearing better than those around me, it’s just that I can’t understand quick enough lol
I feel like I have a lot of issues with processing me auditory info but I also don’t, like I love to be like ‘what?’ And answer before they’ve repeated what they said or stare into the void for a second before I respond but I don’t feel like I have that much trouble tuning things out as is a common trait of APD, I feel like that means I don’t have it but it keeps coming up because of the earlier thing I mentioned, I also don’t think I mishear things, as often as I ‘what?’ fake out people so like wth, is this a thing that can happen without having APD?
Wait, this does remind me of myself.
When chatting with classmates, when the teacher tells me something, when I order food, or when I talk on a phone, it's always, and I mean *always* a "What? Could you repeat that?" from me.
I just don't understand what's being said, even after multiple times repeating. It's embarrassing.
Maybe I should get that checked 🤔
Good idea
Just curious. Did you ever find it more difficult to hear sometimes if you were wearing sunglasses? I do (people think I’m nuts). I also hate phones. I think I must rely a lot on lip reading and facial expressions perhaps?
@@SophieBird07 That could be. But it's been a long time since I wore sunglasses, so I can't tell.
I too absolutely hate phone calls! I'm unable to hold a conversation without embarressing myself because of how often I have to ask the other person to repeat themselves.
And just today I had a situation at school again where I just could not understand the person next to me. He had to repeat it four times!
I just don't know anymore...
I'm only sure that I don't have hearing problems because I can actually hear really well. It's just understanding what I heard others say. It sounds like a foreign language to me
Oh haha and the joys of ADHD and this is often my brain makes a joke inside a sentence as I'm trying to work out what actually was said! So I'll just go "oh I thought you said it's a piss bucket".
I have Adhd. My whole life i thought i didn't hear people correctly because i was not paying attention. But after seeing this i feel like i have APD
I hear that a lot. If you think you do, you probably do.
I have A.D.D. I have to read lips when the background noise reaches a certain level that's not very high for most people, but I'm not sure if it's APD because I hear everything, in certain situations I'll hear things before anyone else or hear sounds no one else can and it's not my imagination when I find the source and either shield it or shut the machine/device off it stops or changes volume.
I have had a lifelong difficulty with understanding verbal communication. I have had people get impatient with me, and call me slow or stupid. When I ask for people to repeat what they said, or ask for clarification, they don't understand why I don't get everything they say. I often have to chop up the message into separate parts, write things down, and repeat them back to the person.
Lots of music now sounds out of tune or missing instruments. And I can talk all day on the phone to my brother. But can’t understand anything he says face to face ! Weird
it's garbled, like you can still hear the pattern of word-space-word and you can hear the tone of the voice and can therefore often determine that a sentence was said, finished etc. But it's like dyslexia, when letters of words are being scrambled, put out of order or you misshear words as something else, which sounds similar but is not the same....
I also sometimes like to describe it, as if words are turned into noise rather than language. That it's so difficult with more background noise, because it's as if brain doesn't identify it as speech anymore and the same can happen the other way around too, that I might mistakenly identify noise as someone saying something.
Depending on situation, it's sometimes only specific words that get scrambled/hard to understand.
I have this and it's frustrating cause it seems like nobody understanfd
Thanks for a clear explanation!
Can APD affect speech? Speech delays? And phonetic awareness?
Yes it can as a person with apd i find i forget things like what im going to say, and sometimes delay speech because they have to process what people just said
I got into troble as a new kid in 8th grade. Teacher introduced himself and I heard Mr. Yakety, which is what I later called him. Oh boy, turned out it was Mr. Yakey...or Mr. Yaky, Yacky. Don't remember the spelling, but I made sure to call him by the correct name from then on!
I have to close my eyes on phone calls to concentrait. Heaven help me if the customer service has an accent
I think I might have this. Would there be any benefit to seeking an official diagnosis as a middle aged adult? If so, would you start with an audiologist?
Thank you for this video. It ends on a cliffhanger… “APD is treatable.” But this video is a dead end. I suggest to update the description with a link to logical next topic.
ua-cam.com/video/H_q3E5U4Myg/v-deo.html&si=gpoOeJj6oweOCDt7
what are yoiur thoughts of APD and speech development in children. Do children have difficulty hearing themselves speak and so cant self correct well?
Yes, that is correct.
Are we born this way? Or is it a “learned behavior” possibly from early environmental situations?
Thank you..
Typically people are either born with apd or have it after some type of brain injury.
Ending this video on "APD is treatable' is a form of sadizm, would you agree? :D
Nope, so much can be done to help this.
What?
APD is treatable?!
On the Utah Neuro Rehabilitation UA-cam channel there is an APD playlist with videos that discuss treatments.