Is it characteristic of APD to have trouble keeping up with stories that feature a lot of characters (say, more than two or three)? I read this on a website somewhere. It makes sense for spoken stories, but I don't quite understand the mechanism behind the alleged difficulty with written stories. It is of interest to me because I have this problem ( Read more... )

Is a sound like a fluttering or muted clicking in the ears a symptom of capd? Does anyone experience this?

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I can cope reasonably well with phones by APD standards, but sometimes I do find it really hard, and telephone trees can cause me to give up before I've even spoken to a human. Not to mention that my memory is shot and I forget calls. I'm interested in trying a text relay service to see if it will help with some calls. Does anyone know of one I ( Read more... )

Hello All! My name is Melissa, and I'm a para-educator for a special ed department in a public high school. I'm part way through my master's degree and teaching certificate, and for one of my classes I'm doing some research on what people think about including multimedia and technology in instruction for students with IEPs, FSPs, and 504 plans. I'd ( Read more... )

Hi, I am writing an article about traveling to other countries (especially for study abroad) with learning disabilities or ADD/ADHD. I do not have an LD or ADD so I would love to hear from anyone who has been to a foreign country or people who have come to the US. Do you use assistive technology that can be used in other countries? Do you have any ( Read more... )

Just a few thoughts after reading loads of entries in this community ( Read more... )

So I stumbled across your community and after reading some posts it almost feels as though I'm reading about myself! I haven't been officially diagnosed or ever had a hearing test (apart from doing the one on the RNID site which told me I had normal hearing) but after relating so much to these posts I was wondering whether you could tell me if it ( Read more... )

My Hearing Aid Consultation appointment was yesterday ( Read more... )

Has anyone used hearing aids to help their Auditory Processing?

I have an audiologist who is suggesting low-gain digital hearing aids with directional microphones & a noise-reduction program to help me hear better in noisy situations.

Before I go down this route, I wanted to see if anyone else had experience with this.