An auditory processing disorder is the inability or reduced ability to understand speech when the speech signal is in any way degraded. A person with an auditory processing disorder may have problems understanding speech when the talker is at a distance, when there is competing noise, or when the talker has an accent. An auditory processing evaluation tests a variety of different auditory skills including the ability to understand speech in quiet and in background noise, to understand speech that is not clear (filtered), and to understand competing words. An auditory processing evaluation assesses these skills using behavioral and/or electrophysiologic tests. Additional evaluations conducted in The Learning Center include speech-language learning and phonologic awareness.

Based on these evaluations, we will make recommendations for specific therapies, educational consultation, and/or classroom listening systems.