Auditory Processing Disorders Clinic (APD Clinic)
The APD clinic was established to serve children, adolescents and adults who may have difficulties due to central auditory processing disorders (APD). APD is a group of complex disorders.
People with APD have trouble understanding speech despite normal hearing. In simplest terms, the ear is fine but the brain is having trouble interpreting information the ear receives. Individuals who are referred participate in a complete assessment.
Individuals who come to the clinic will be seen by the Audiologist for a comprehensive central auditory assessment. Children and adolescents will also receive a comprehensive speech/language evaluation. Basic language skills, skills related to auditory perception and processing such as phonemic awareness, sound blending, word segmentation, auditory memory, and auditory discrimination are assessed.
Graduate students from the MSU Moorhead Speech-Language Pathology program are an integral part of the assessment. Following the assessment, recommendations for intervention are made, if necessary.
- Auditory Processing Disorders Clinic Brochure in .PDF format (Required Acrobat Reader) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader